Omar Farah · [email protected]

December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM

The Power of Free Speech: Protecting Against Surveillance

Surveillance is the leading edge of targeted repression.  By its design, it aims to instill fear in our collective psyche and splinter us into silos of silence and shame.  Under the current Trump administration, the playbook of discriminatory, targeted surveillance has once again been deployed wit…

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  Golnaz Fakhimi · [email protected]

December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM

20 years: Muslim Ban / Immigration

In 2017, the prior Trump Administration brought down the Muslim and African Bans suddenly, causing chaos, separating families, and denigrating entire communities on the basis of their race and religion.  Muslim Advocates and our partners fought back through Emami vs. Nielsen, a 2018 class action l…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM

People. Power. Resilience: Support Muslim Advocates on Giving Tuesday

Since the arrival of this administration, we have witnessed an escalating display of repression against a growing list of targeted communities. While fear and despair are understandable, we know that people, power, and resilience will see us through.  Justice and equity—not just as paper rights—but…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Meet Our New Attorneys

Thanks to our community and their unprecedented support, we’ve been able to add three new members to the Muslim Advocates team. We're thrilled to welcome our new Staff Attorneys Abbey Koenning-Rutherford and Collin Poirot, and Legal Fellow Nargis Aslami. Meet Abbey – Staff Attorney  “I'm excited to…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM

We look forward to seeing you on Monday!

We look forward to having you join us tomorrow in New York City. If you haven't already registered, you can sign up with the link below! Buy Your Tickets Today If you have any questions please email us at [email protected].  Muslim AdvocatesP.O. Box 34440Washington, DC 20043United St…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Less than a week left!

There is less than one week until People, Power, Resilience, our 20th Anniversary event in New York City on November 3! We are honored to be featuring aja monet, a Grammy-nominated musician, poet, storyteller, and organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.  For years, aja monet has been a powerful p…

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  Omar Farah · [email protected]

October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Muslim Advocates Launches Two New Federal Cases

At a moment when the Trump Administration’s lawlessness is at its peak, Muslim Advocates filed two new urgent federal lawsuits last week:  MUSLIM ADVOCATES REPRESENTS LABOR UNIONS TO COMBAT SURVEILLANCE OF PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH.  Last week, Muslim Advocates sued the Trump administration …

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

October 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Join us on Nov. 3 in NYC

Muslim Advocates is honored to feature aja monet at People, Power, Resilience, our 20th Anniversary fall event.  aja monet is a Grammy-nominated musician, poet, storyteller, and organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.  Her poetry explores gender, race, migration, and spirituality. Her debut poetr…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

September 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Join us in NYC on Nov. 3

Join us at People, Power, Resilience, a night of solidarity on November 3rd in New York City that centers art, advocacy and connection with community partners working to achieve lasting social change. This year, Muslim Advocates marks 20 years since it was founded. Today, our mission is even more …

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

August 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Save the Date: Join us in NYC on Nov. 3

Save the date and join us for a night of solidarity on November 3rd in New York City that centers art, advocacy and connection with community partners working to achieve lasting social change.Please visit the link below to purchase your ticket and learn more! Buy Your Tickets Today If you have any …

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

August 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM

August Newsletter

Salaam Alaikum, In a previous newsletter, we shared that we’re lead counsel for Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese Muslim assistant professor of medicine at Brown Medicine. In March 2025, border agents at Boston Logan International Airport unlawfully subjected Dr. Alawieh, who was fasting for Ramadan, to…

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  Omar Farah · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Demanding Freedom for Leqaa Kordia

Salaam Alaikum, In the last few days, we have seen an extraordinary show of repressive, militarized force from the administration.  The violence and showmanship of it all is intended to instill fear and compel silence in our collective communities; the consolidation of authoritarian power depends o…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Eid al-Adha

A warm Eid Mubarak to you and your family from all of us at Muslim Advocates!We are deeply grateful for your support of our mission.  Muslim AdvocatesP.O. Box 34440Washington, DC 20043United StatesIf you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please u…

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  Omar Farah · [email protected]

May 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM

New Lawsuits Filed Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Last week, you heard about the work our team is doing to support so many non-citizens targeted for the identities they hold and the viewpoints they express.  I wanted to take a minute out of this momentous stretch for Muslim Advocates to share another update: a few days ago we launched two new hig…

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  Muslim Advocates · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM

May Newsletter

Salaam Alaikum:   We hope that you, your family, and your communities are holding up during these trying times.  Each attack on our freedoms from the Trump Administration is more threatening and egregious than the last.  But we take pride in fighting back—with principle, strategy, and collective po…

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  Omar Farah · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Eid-Al-Ftr

 Muslim AdvocatesP.O. Box 34440Washington, DC 20043United StatesIf you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe.

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  The Muslim Advocates Team · [email protected]

March 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Keeping the Faith: Now More Than Ever

Assalaam Alaikum,  We hope that Ramadan is treating you and your loved ones well.   This year’s Ramadan falls in the early days of a new administration deploying daily and escalating assaults on the safety, wellbeing, and dignity of the communities we serve. In its third year, our national Keeping …

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  Reem Subei · [email protected]

March 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM

New Lawsuit In Support of Dissent on Palestine

Assalaam Alaikum,  On Tuesday, Muslim Advocates, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Emancipate NC filed a lawsuit challenging the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s ongoing punishment of individuals involved in the nondisruptive encampment for Palestinian lives and freedom on campus last sp…

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  Sumayyah Waheed · [email protected]

March 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM

A Shared Responsibility

Assalaam Alaikum, Since January 20th, we have witnessed law enforcement carry out mass raids across the country, terrorizing, rounding up, and deporting thousands.  The pathway to asylum has been blocked.  Families have been separated. Vulnerable communities are wracked by uncertainty and fear.  Co…

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  The Muslim Advocates Team · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Ramadan Mubarak from Muslim Advocates

Ramadan Mubarak from the Muslim Advocates team.  We wish peace and spiritual renewal to all of you who are observing this sacred month.  As the scope of targeting from the current administration comes to light, we cannot shake the feeling that—while novel in some sinister ways—the systemic attack o…

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  Omar Farah · [email protected]

February 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Ramadan Newsletter

Salaam Alaikum, At Muslim Advocates, we are beginning to turn our hearts and minds towards Ramadan.  At this time of year, we focus on those furthest from power, who are most vulnerable, and who are leaning on their faith for strength. This year’s Ramadan falls in the early days of a new administra…

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  Omar Farah · [email protected]

January 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM

January 2025 Post-Inauguration Newsletter

Since the inauguration, the returning Trump administration has asserted unilateral authority in ways that begin undoing the very foundations of an inclusive, constitutional democracy.  Taken together, the flood of executive orders signed over the last few days reject our collective aspirations tow…

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