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Top News
1. Weaponizing Being Muslim by Stoking Fear
2. Demand Free Speech for Our Students
3. Anti-Muslim Escalation in Texas
4. Sundance Collaboration on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Explore Our First Amendment Center’s Timely Video Series on Religious Freedom [[link removed]] → Protecting Our Constitutional Right to Freely Practice Our Faith MPAC ® Pushes Back Against Congressional Efforts to Cast Islam as a Constitutional Threat
Episode 1: Qasim Rashid & Dahlia Taha on How the First Amendment Protects All of Us — Or None of Us 66 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have now joined the “Sharia Free America” Caucus, a bloc in Congress openly organizing around the idea that our faith and communities are a constitutional problem. MPAC® is meeting this head‑on by engaging these offices— refusing to let anti‑Muslim narratives go unchallenged.
Episode 2 : Dr. Jordan Denari Duffer & Sameer Hossain on Combatting anti-Muslim Bigotry and Advancing Interfaith Solidarity On May 13 th , the House Judiciary Subcommittee held the second hearing for the “Sharia‑Free America” series, doubling down on a dangerous storyline: that American Muslims are people to be watched, not Americans whose rights must be protected. This is not just rhetoric, it is an attempt to move suspicion of Muslims into the official record of Congress.
Episode 3 : Dr. Asifa Quraishi-Landes & Haris Tarin on What Sharia Is & the Right’s Weaponization of It MPAC ® worked directly with congressional offices and constitutional experts to ensure the official record reflected a substantive rebuttal grounded in First Amendment jurisprudence and lived Muslim experience. MPAC ® ’s First Amendment Center also drafted and secured a formal Statement for the Record documenting the civil rights and legal dangers of anti-Sharia narratives.
What is at stake is bigger than one community. When Congress begins normalizing the idea that a religious minority is inherently suspect, it chips away at the First Amendment for everyone. That is why MPAC® is one of the few national American Muslim organizations confronting this campaign on all fronts at once: rigorous legal analysis, direct pressure on lawmakers, and coordinated mobilization with partners across the country.
MPAC® Meets with Meta and Google to Address Online Hate Targeting Muslims MPAC® Hosts Briefing with State Department on Hajj 2026 Travel Guidance: Read our Travel Resource Guide [[link removed]] MPAC® Delivers Constitutional Memorandum to House Armed Services Committee on Christian Nationalist Military Rhetoric MPAC®’s Hollywood Bureau launches Youth Screenwriting Competition [[link removed]]
[[link removed]] Texas Has Become a Flashpoint for Coordinated Anti-Muslim Harassment
MPAC®’s Center for Security & Technology Policy is tracking an alarming rise in anti-Muslim political ads on Meta Platforms targeting communities in Texas, where elected officials and hopefuls are amplifying Anti-Muslim narratives.
Governor Greg Abbott cited the newly signed HB 4211 , a law publicly framed as banning so-called “Sharia compounds” in Texas , to pressure the City of Grand Prairie into canceling a private Eid al-Adha event at a city-owned water park. Abbott threatened to withhold $530,000 in state funding, raising concerns about the selective use of state power to target Muslim religious gatherings.
With respect to online hate, MPAC ® is in active communication with social media companies including Google and Meta.
MPAC ® Defends Student Free Speech in Scarsdale [[link removed]]
MPAC ® ’s First Amendment Center launched the “Scarsdale: Protect Free Speech, Protect All Students” campaign after reports of viewpoint discrimination, selective enforcement, and unequal treatment affecting Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and anti-war students in the Scarsdale Union Free School District . Send a letter now [[link removed]]
The campaign includes formal letters, coalition advocacy, and direct engagement with district leadership and impacted families to ensure public schools uphold their constitutional obligation to protect free expression and religious liberty equally. Tell the Scarsdale Board: Protect Free Speech for All Students.
Takes 20 seconds. Makes a big difference.
[[link removed]] Muslim Stories Are Reaching New Screens and Changing the Narrative
MPAC ® consulted on Season 1, and now again, on Season 2 of Deli Boys, premiering May 28 , helping inform depictions of Muslim family life and religious practices, including Ramadan.
The Hollywood Bureau also launched its Youth Screenwriting Competition , creating pathways for emerging American Muslim storytellers to shape the future of film and television. Apply Here [[link removed]] !
MPAC ® is partnering with Sundance Institute Collab’s AI Literacy Alliance to help ensure future AI systems represent American Muslims accurately and responsibly.
As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, MPAC ® is reclaiming the American narrative: Our Stories Are American Stories. [[link removed]]
As part of our Muslims of America campaign, MPAC® released video interviews from our American Eid celebration featuring Linda Sarsour [[link removed]] and Rabia Chaudry [[link removed]] , highlighting the rich diversity and lived experiences of American Muslims.
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Upcoming Events
ICNA-MAS CON 2026 Eid Security Bulletin Briefing Naz Shah: The American Book Tour
Stop by our booth at the ICNA Convention! Looking forward to connecting and seeing familiar faces throughout the weekend. MPAC ® will be holding a special security briefing with mosques nationwide to help prepare for Eid prayers and celebrations. This session will cover pertinent security information to help ensure safe and secure Eid gatherings for our communities. We invite you to join this important discussion. MPAC ® is proud to host Naz Shah’s upcoming U.S. book tour for Honoured: Survival, Strength, and My Path to Politics. Join us for an insightful evening learning Naz’s complicated but inspiring story in conversation with Huma Abedin, Mehdi Hasan, Salam Al-Marayati, and others throughout the country.
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