USCMO

05/26/2026

Muslim leaders meet in Baltimore, demand FBI investigate missed red flags in hate crime mosque attack – CBS

Muslim leaders from across America gathered in Baltimore for the Islamic Circle of America conference.

05/26/2026

One Week After the Terrorist Attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego https://uscmo.org/one-week-after-the-terrorist-attack-on-the-islamic-center-of-san-diego/?fsp_sid=510 (Washington, D.C., 5/26/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) held a press conference at 51st Annual ICNA- MAS Convention, marking one week since the horrific terrorist attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, an act of violence that shattered lives, traumatized families, and deeply wounded an entire community during the sacred days of Dhul Hijjah, the blessed season of Hajj, reflection, sacrifice, and devotion. The following is the statement of USCMO Secretary General, Oussama Jammal: USCMO stands today before this nation to speak the names of three members of our community who were murdered in cold blood in […]

05/19/2026

USCMO Extends Condolences to Families of San Diego Mosque Attack Victims, Including Martyred Hero Amin Abdullah https://uscmo.org/uscmo-extends-condolences-to-families-of-san-diego-mosque-attack-victims-including-martyred-hero-amin-abdullah/?fsp_sid=505 (WASHINGTON, D.C. – 5/15/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, today extended its condolences and prayers to the entire community at the Islamic Center of San Diego, including the families of the three victims killed by two gunmen in a hate crime earlier today. USCMO praised the mosque’s security guard, Amin Abdullah, as a martyred hero for sacrificing his life to protect the worshipers and school children inside from the shooters. USCMO also strongly condemned the attack, as well as the rising anti-Muslim rhetoric that endangers the American Muslim community by priming […]

05/17/2026

USCMO Nakba Day Message: ‘No Peace Without Justice’ https://uscmo.org/uscmo-nakba-day-message-no-peace-without-justice/?fsp_sid=495 Stop the Genocide. Ban Land Expropriation. Embargo All Arms to Israel (WASHINGTON, D.C. – 5/15/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of national and local Muslim associations, marked Nakba Day – the 78th year since the start of ‘The Catastrophe’ in Palestine with the violent Israeli expulsion and dispossession of 800,000 Palestinians from their land and homes on 15 May 1948 – with this message to the U.S. Administration, our Representatives, and the American people: It is long past time our nation stops paying for, arming, and abetting the unequaled twin Israeli savageries of their […]

05/16/2026

USCMO Statement Rebutting Anti-Muslim Bigotry Entered Into Congressional Record During "Sharia Hysteria" Hearing https://uscmo.org/uscmo-statement-rebutting-anti-muslim-bigotry-entered-into-congressional-record-during-sharia-hysteria-hearing/?fsp_sid=485 (WASHINGTON, D.C. – 5/15/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of National and local Muslim associations, today applauded members of Congress who defended religious freedom and the rights of American Muslims during a dishonest and bigoted Republican-led congressional hearing about the imaginary threat of “sharia law” taking over America. Earlier this week, Republicans on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a second hearing focused on attacking the faith of Islam and inciting hatred against American Muslims. During the hearing, the committee entered a statement that USCMO issued debunking anti-Muslim bigotry into the congressional […]

04/21/2026

Record-Breaking 1,000+ Muslim Delegates Participate in 11th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill https://uscmo.org/record-breaking-1000-muslim-delegates-participate-in-11th-annual-national-muslim-advocacy-day-on-capitol-hill/?fsp_sid=474 (Washington, D.C., 4/21/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s largest American Muslim civil society umbrella organization, today announced the successful completion of the 11th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, with more than 1,000 Muslim delegates – a record number – from 33 states traveling to Washington, D.C., for two days of coordinated advocacy. USCMO said this year’s theme, “Dismantling Islamophobia, Demanding Accountability, and Fighting for Justice,” reflected the urgency created by the current social and political climate. Over the course of the two days, Muslim delegations held more than 260 meetings with members of Congress and congressional […]

04/21/2026

USCMO Commends Pope Leo XIV’s Stand for Peace https://uscmo.org/uscmo-commends-pope-leo-xivs-stand-for-peace/?fsp_sid=469 USCMO Commends Pope Leo XIV’s Stand for Peace Leo’s Call Comes After Pentagon Met with Pope’s Amb. in Run Up to War (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/18/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, commends Pope Leo XIV’s recent just stand for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli wars of choice and brutal aggression against not only the countries of Iran and Lebanon but against 100 million innocent civilians and the vital life infrastructures they depend on. The Pope quite literally addressed the leaders of all nations in a rarely called public prayer vigil for peace in St. […]

04/05/2026

USCMO Calls on Congress to Block Trump From Acting on "Unhinged and Anti-Muslim" Post Threatening to Endanger Countless Iranian Civilians https://uscmo.org/uscmo-calls-on-congress-to-block-trump-from-acting-on-unhinged-and-anti-muslim-post-threatening-to-endanger-countless-iranian-civilians/?fsp_sid=464 (Washington, D.C., 4/5/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s largest umbrella group of national and local Muslim organizations, today urged Congress to immediately reconvene and force an end to the war with Iran before President Donald Trump can follow through with his “unhinged” threat to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure, endangering millions of Iranian civilians, in violation of U.S. and international law. USCMO also strongly condemned the President’s apparently mocking reference to Almighty God, Allah (SWT). Earlier today, President Trump posted a profane message on social media threatening attacks on key infrastructure in Iran and also said […]

04/02/2026

Milwaukee Community Leader Salah Sarsour Abducted by ICE in Targeted Attack on Palestinian and Muslim Leadership https://uscmo.org/milwaukee-community-leader-salah-sarsour-abducted-by-ice-in-targeted-attack-on-palestinian-and-muslim-leadership/?fsp_sid=458 Milwaukee Community Leader Abducted by ICE: We stand with Salah Sarsour and against anti-immigrant attacks meant to silence Palestinian & Muslim Leaders April 1, 2026 – A beloved community leader, Salah Sarsour, was abducted by ICE on Monday, March 30th.. Salah serves as the President of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee (ISM) and has been a community advocate for over three decades. He is a father, a grandfather, a dear husband, and a kind and principled role model for countless people in Milwaukee and beyond. As an American Muslim community that believes in justice and equal rights for all people, we […]

04/02/2026

A beloved community leader, Salah Sarsour, was abducted by ICE on Monday, March 30th.. Salah serves as the President of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee (ISM) and has been a community advocate for over three decades. He is a father, a grandfather, a dear husband, and a kind and principled role model for countless people in Milwaukee and beyond.

As an American Muslim community that believes in justice and equal rights for all people, we condemn this abduction and usurpation of our community leader’s rights. Salah has been a lawful permanent resident in the United States for over 32 years. He is a pillar of the community, and a law-abiding Milwaukee business owner. Yet, he was pulled over while driving by over 10 ICE agents with no cause. He was taken out of state to a detention facility in Chicago before being transferred to a detention center in Indiana. His family was left scrambling to determine his whereabouts and his condition.

We must be clear that Salah is being targeted on the basis of his Palestinian and Muslim background. Salah grew up in the Occupied West Bank in Palestine, where he faced oppression and torture at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces as a child. After marriage, he moved to the United States and built a strong and loving family. Along the way, he has supported dozens of community members, hiring countless Milwaukeeans who needed a job, and building up advocacy and educational organizations to bring greater voice to immigrants, Palestinians, and Muslims across Wisconsin and the country.

Salah’s story represents precisely the immigrant-refugee success story that should be celebrated, not demonized, as the cornerstone of this country’s professed values. Structural racism against Palestinians and Muslims, especially immigrants, weakens our democracy and erodes human rights for all. DHS targeting a community leader like Salah must raise alarms for all of us. His detention reflects a troubling trend we’ve seen with Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, Mohsen Mahdawi and other voices critical of Israeli oppression: this administration is weaponizing the U.S. justice system to advance the interests of a foreign state, Israel, at a time when it is carrying out a genocide in Gaza. Recognizing that it has lost American public opinion, the Israeli lobby is now leveraging the justice system to undermine our constitutional rights and suppress dissent. Salah’s arrest also reflects deeper threats to our democracy from an administration that disregards American values and treats constitutional and legal limits as optional. We stand against this coordinated attempt to wield U.S. immigration courts to silence Palestinian voices and advance a racist anti-Muslim agenda.

We write to affirm that we will fight for him. We will fight for his release just as we have fought as a community against all attacks on immigrant, Black, Palestinian, Somali, Latino and Muslim civil and human rights. We understand what it feels like to be othered, racialized, and exceptionalized as victims of state violence, and we refuse to let go of our rights and our values. We invite you to stand with us and stand with Salah Sarsour.

This injustice has become too common across this country. The baseless allegations leveled against Salah are nothing more than a smokescreen to justify his detention and silence his advocacy. However, we know this fight for Salah is part of a larger trend: leveraging attacks on immigrants and on Palestinians particularly to build new precedents that whittle away at democratic norms and legal protections for everyone. That is why this fight is a fight for all of us.

Join us in taking action:
Contribute to the fund to advocate for Br. Salah Sarsour.
Share your stories or a memory of what Br. Salah means to you. Share on social media as well using the hashtag .

With hope,

ISM - The Islamic Society of Milwaukee
MLFA - Muslim Legal Fund of America
AMP - American Muslims for Palestine
USCMO - US Council of Muslim Organizations
CAIR - Council on American-Islamic Relations
MAS - Muslim American Society
Islamophobia Studies Center
Palestine Center for Public Policy
Islamophobia Studies Journal
Northern California Islamic Council