| American Islamic Congress Press Statements |
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Nov. 6, 2009: AIC Director - Who Trained Troops at Fort Hood - Condemns Attack and Offers Condolences to Families
Aug. 19,2009: Project Nur protests Nokia’s role in Iran Crackdown outside Manhattan Flagship Store
June 4, 2009: AIC Attends President Obama's Speech in Cairo, Praises His Elegant Call for Respect, Reform, and Individual Freedom
March 5, 2009: AIC- Boston annouces public lecture series titled "Diversity in the Muslim World: Between Pluralism & Division"
Feb. 18, 2009: AIC's Zainab Al-Suwaij Joins with US Senators to Inaugurate Anti-Terror Museum
Nov. 7, 2008: AIC Announces Cairo International Human Rights Film Festival
Oct. 31, 2008: AIC Demands Immediate Release of Afghan Journalist Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh, Deplores Stoning Death of "Adulterous" Somali Woman
Oct. 13-27, 2008: AIC Holds Fall Boston Muslim Film Festival: "Art Under Fire"
Oct. 7, 2008: AIC Hosts Capitol Hill Forum on Democracy and Human Rights in Egypt
Sept. 25, 2008: AIC Hails Release of Yemeni Journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
July 16, 2008: AIC Awards $10,000 in Civil Rights Essay Contest Prizes
July 14, 2008: AIC: Indictment of Sudanese President Al-Bashir A "Welcome and Long Overdue Step"
June 17, 2008: Families of Victims of USS Cole Bombing Join with American Islamic Congress to Call for Accountability in Yemen
June 16, 2008:
The American Islamic Congress Condemns Bahraini Government for Targeting Young Human Rights Activist
June 9, 2008:
American Islamic Congress Condemns Six Year Jail Sentence for Yemen’s Leading Independent Journalist al-Khaiwani
June 5, 2008: AIC Hosts Capitol Hill Forum on Muslim Responses to Violence in Sudan
May 18, 2008: AIC Calls on Yemen to Drop Charges against Journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
May 1, 2008: AIC Hosts Special Presentation by Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid at George Washington University
April 30, 2008: AIC Hosts Capitol Hill Forum on Lebanon's Stalled Democratic Reform
April 2, 2008, American Islamic Congress Announces First-Ever Boston Muslim Film Festival
April 1, 2008, AIC Hosts Capitol Hill Forum on Trafficking Women in the Muslim World
March 24, 2008, AIC-Egypt Publishes Arabic Comic Book on Martin Luther King and the Power of Nonviolence
Feb. 20, 2008, AIC Hosts Capitol Hill Forum on Media Censorship in the Muslim World
Feb. 12, 2008, American Islamic Congress Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Workplace Religious Diversity, Calls for Robust Action to Protect against Discrimination
Feb. 7, 2008, AIC Hosts Capitol Hill Forum on Extremism and Reform in the Muslim World
Jan. 23, 2008, AIC Slams Afghan Court over Journalist’s Death Sentence
2007 Press Statements
Dec. 27, 2007, Statement by the American Islamic Congress on the Murder of Benazir Bhutto
Dec. 19, 2007, AIC Launches New Anti-Suicide Bombing Campaign for Eid Al Adha Holiday
Dec. 3, 2007, AIC Calls for Continued Pressure on Sudan Following Teacher's Release
Nov. 29, 2007, AIC Slams Sudan for Jailing Teacher, Launches FreeGillian.org Letter-Writing Drive
Nov. 28, 2007, American Islamic Congress Slams Sudanese Government over Teddy Bear Case, Demands British Teacher Be Freed Immediately
Sept. 13, 2007 As Ramadan Begins, American Islamic Congress Opens New Office in Cairo
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