Issue 44: Friday, 24 Sep 2021

THIS WEEK IN DC — Military Aid For Israel Removed From U.S. Funding Bill, But Leadership Pledges Vote Later This Week; U.S. House Democrats Advance Abortion Rights Bill, Senate Passage Unlikely; Biden Commits To Communication With France After Submarine Spat; U.S. Top Military Officer Talks Counterterrorism Support With Russian Counterpart; Some Haitians At U.S. Border Released, Others Deported As Pressure Builds On Biden; U.S. Special Envoy To Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Expulsions; Regulators Racing Toward First Major Rules On Cryptocurrency; Afghanistan Politics Imperils Effort To Claw Back 2001 War Powers; House Passes $1b For Israel's Iron Dome After Progressive Dustup.

IN THIS ISSUE

  • Featured Issue: The Aftermath of the Evacuation of Afghan Refugees
  • Coalition Sign on: National Multi-Faith Civic Groups Condemn the Republican Boycott of Dilawar Syed Committee Vote
  • Upcoming: Unite Against Nazis
  • Upcoming Eradicate Hate Global Summit

 

The Aftermath of the Evacuation of Afghan Refugees
By: Sara Kamal, MPAC Policy Intern
In this handout image courtesy of the US Marine Corps, Families begin to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 23, 2021. © Samuel Ruiz, US Marine Corps via AFP

 

Following the United States departure and the subsequent destructive Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the politically vulnerable nation has suffered devastating losses to its civil society and political institutions. 

Afghan civilians are fleeing their home country in hopes of finding refuge in a nation that allows them the right to personal security, education, religion, and expression— all rights that have been brutally imposed upon and taken away by the oppressive authority of the Taliban.

Read the full article—>

 

 

We joined Emgage Action’s multi-faith coalition of National civic organizations representing diverse religious and ethnic communities to condemn the Republican boycott of yet another confirmation vote for Dilawar Syed to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration. 

Read the Statement —>

 

 

 

 

Upcoming:

 

Next month, the trial begins against the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and hate groups who organized the attack on Charlottesville. MPAC is proud to partner with Integrity First for America -- the organization backing the brave Charlottesville community members in their lawsuit against the violent racists who invaded their city to spread violence and terror.

MPAC President, Salam Al-Marayati, will be speaking on September 30 at a virtual rally in support of IFA's groundbreaking legal battle for justice and accountability.

We will be joined by special guests:

  • Rep. Jamie Raskin - US Representative, MD-8
  • Topher Grace - Actor, The BlacKkKlansman
  • Amy Spitalnick - Executive Director, IFA

and many more as we stand in solidarity against hate and bigotry. 

Register—>

 

 

In another senseless act of violence fueled by hate, in October 2018, eleven innocent worshippers were killed in a targeted, violent attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Eradicate Hate Global Summit is the launch of an ongoing project, with a permanent home in Pittsburgh, which will generate specific solutions to deliver actual, lasting, and measurable change in how we combat hate and extremism.

I will be joining an esteemed cohort of dignitaries and speakers at this event to moderate the panel Deradicalization: Does it Work? This panel addresses the pros and cons of deradicalization programs and explores the important attributes necessary for effective implementation. For more information on this summit, visit their website.

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GOOD TO KNOW

  • Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada election, but miss majority
  • An ancient tablet, stolen, then acquired by Hobby Lobby, will be returned to Iraq
  • California becomes first state to target Amazon production quotas
  • The FDA OKs Pfizer-BioNTech booster ror people 65+ or at high risk for severe COVID
  • Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return
  • Afghan Uyghurs fear deportation as Taliban cozy up to China
     

 

- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - 

Sep 20, 622 - Islamic Prophet Muhammed and Abu Bakr arrives in Yathrib (Medina); Sep 20, 1187 - Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem; Sep 20, 1620 - Battle at Jassy: Ottoman Empire defeat King Sigismund III of Poland; Sep 23, 1739 - Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade; Sep 23, 1932 - Abdulaziz Ibn Saud merges the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Sep 24, 1529 - Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman troops arrive in Vienna, beginning of the siege; Sep 19, 634 - Muslim forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus, first major city of Eastern Roman Empire taken by the Rashidun Caliphate; Sep 22, 1953 - Muslims uprise in Atjeh, Indonesia.

 

Sep 19, 1893 - New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote; Sep19, 1952 - The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England; Sep 20, 1664 - Maryland passes first anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black men; Sep 20, 1850 - Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue; Sep 20, 1830 - First Black Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods; Sep 20, 1884 - Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for US President and Vice President; Sep 21, 1896 - British General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola, Sudan; Sep 21, 1922 - US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine; Sep 21, 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published by George Allen and Unwin in London; Sep 22, 1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem witch trials; Sep 22, 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel southern states if those states fail to re-join the Union by January 1, 1863; Sep 23, 1944 - Proclamation No. 30 was issued, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom; Sep 24, 1683 - King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America; Sep 25, 1789 - US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights; Sep 25, 1926 - Henry Ford announces an 8 hour, 5-day work week.
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