(New York, NY. 02/04/2020) – Last week Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a plan for Israel to annex large swathes of land in the West Bank, Palestine under the guise of a peace plan. This “Deal of the Century” as they call it, completely undermines the Palestinian narrative, struggle, and aspirations. Devised under Trump’s…
(New York, NY. 12/23/2019) – Majlis Ash-Shura: Islamic Leadership Council of New York, an umbrella organization of over 90 mosques and Muslim-led organizations, condemns the new Indian anti-Muslim legislation and state violence against peaceful protesters. On December 11, 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill which makes religion a basis for citizenship. However,…
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(New York, NY. 08/07/2019) – This past Monday, India’s right-wing Hindu nationalist governing party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), revoked their constitutional provision known as Article 370. Renouncing this amendment dissolves the unique autonomy previously granted to the occupied province of Kashmir and permits Indian citizens to resettle in Kashmir at the expense of Kashmiri…
(New York, NY. 08/06/2019) – In what seems to be daily-occurring tragedies, we find ourselves in the consistent nightmare of innocent lives lost due to the terrorism of White supremacy. In the past two weeks alone, we have witnessed three mass shootings committed by white terrorists in Gilroy, CA, El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH….
Majlis Ash-Shura: Islamic Leadership Council of New York expresses its sadness and remorse over the sudden death of Egypt’s first and only democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi in prison. His death came after six years of imprisonment where he was denied medical attention. The election of Morsi was a sign of hope to the people…
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(New York, NY. 04/15/2019) – Less than a week after a man in New York had threatened and planned to assault and murder Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the New York Post published an inflammatory front page that took Omar’s comments out of context with a clear intention to incite hatred and make an association between her…
On March 27th, 2019, NYC Councilman of the 44th district, Kalman Yeger, tweeted that Palestine does not exist. In response to this expression of bigotry, erasure, and Islamophobia, several NYC Public Officials came out in opposition to the dehumanizing rhetoric of the councilman. They responded swiftly and officially removed Councilman Yeger from the Immigration Committee…
A little over a week following the horrific mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 6 of the 51 victims were Palestinians, New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger made inflammatory anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim remarks. The Councilman tweeted that “Palestine does not exist” and that “Ilhan Omar is an anti-semite.” Majlis Ash-Shura: Islamic Leadership Council…