U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations

The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) was founded in March 2014 as an umbrella organization to unify the approach, agenda and vision of the Muslim community,

Formation

USCMO officially announced its formation on March 12, 2014 at an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The organizations that participated in the launch include The Mosque Cares, Muslim American Society (MAS), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA), Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), and Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA).[1]

Leadership

USCMO is led by a board of directors.[2]

Positions

In public statements, USCMO has also called for increased transparency in the Freddie Gray investigations in Baltimore. Additionally, they called on republican presidential candidate, Jeb Bush, to drop an advisor of one of his PACs due to his long history of anti-Muslim activism.[3] They also suggested that further investigation is required about claims that Turkey carried out the 1915 Armenian Genocide.[4]

USCMO has condemned acts of violence worldwide including the November 2015 Paris attacks and Charlie Hebdo attacks, Chattanooga killings, Chapel Hill murders, murder of James Foley, and Boko Haram's Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.[5]

USCMO released a statement on its website that read “The US Council of Muslim Organizations, on behalf of our member institutions and American Muslims, stands in complete solidarity against antisemitism with the Jewish community and condemns the evil, unjust, and unjustifiable hostage-taking of members of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas in the midst of their worship.”[6]

References
  1. "AMP joins U.S. Muslim Groups to Launch New Council with Political Census" Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (Press release). American Muslims for Palestine. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  2. "USCMO – Our Board". Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. "National Muslim Groups Call on Jeb Bush to Drop Anti-Muslim Activist as PAC Advisor". U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations. 2015-03-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  4. Shenkman, Rick (2015-04-22). "Largest Muslim organization in the US lambasted for refusing to face up to the Armenian Genocide". History News Network. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  5. "PRESS RELEASES — USCMO". U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  6. "USCMO – USCMO Condemns Texas Synagogue Hostage Taking, Grateful for Their Rescue Unharmed". Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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