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Panelists at ISNA's 63rd Annual Convention in Detroit leaned on a sense of Muslim grievance to stoke political mobilization ahead of the November midterms. From left: Amira Elghawaby, Canada's former special representative on combating Islamophobia; Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC); Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR-Los Angeles; Mufti Wasim Khan, dean of the Texas-based ISRA Foundation; Mohamed Gula, interim CEO of Emgage USA; and moderator Muzammil Ahmed, at the panel "Voicing Vulnerability Through Civic Presence."
FWI News
Muslim Leaders Tout Mamdani, El-Sayed at ISNA Convention
Speakers Level Accusations of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Islamophobia’ to Whip Up Base
September 15, 2026
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Michael Lewis
Letters spelling out "Peshmerga" on a mountainside above Akre in Iraq's Kurdistan Region.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Illusion of a Unified Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan
Both Political Parties Continue to Control the Recently Renamed Kurdish Armed Forces and the Divisions Within Them
September 15, 2026
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Sirwan Kajjo
Omar Suleiman, founder of the Yaqeen Institute, has been a prominent public booster of the Human Development Fund as the charity’s revenue jumped from $1.1 million in 2023 to more than $33 million in 2024. While the fund is not explicitly anti-Israel, it enjoys the support of Suleiman, who has declared the “Zionist project is entirely built on Palestinian extermination.”
FWI Research
What Does the Human Development Fund Do with Its Money?
Paperwork for Islamist-Supported Charity Obscures Spending
September 14, 2026
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Leslie Kajomovitz