Abbreviation | AMC |
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Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
The American Muslim Council (AMC) is an Islamic organization and registered charity in the United States. Its headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. [ citation needed]
An earlier organization with the same name was founded in 1990 by Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi with the support of the Muslim Brotherhood. [1] (Al-Amoudi is also the former leader of the Islamic Society of Boston.) [ citation needed]
The AMC later reorganized itself under a new name and moved its national headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Chicago. The organization currently using the name "The American Muslim Council" is different from the AMC founded by al-Amoudi; it is much more moderate. [1]
AMC took part in the defense of South Florida Professor and Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian and questioned the US government's allegation that the professor took part in terrorist activities. [2] AMC produced a pamphlet in which it said that "the FBI has a history of harassing and harming minority and immigrant communities". [3] On March 2, 2006, Al-Arian entered a guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to help the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a " specially designated terrorist" organization. [4] Al-Arian was sentenced to 57 months in prison, and ordered deported following his prison term. [5]
AMC is also a member of the American Muslim Political Coordination Council (AMPCC), along with the American Muslim Alliance (AMA), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). AMPCC's primary concern is to coordinate the member organizations on activism and lobbying. [6]