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| Abbreviation | AMC |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Chicago,Illinois,United States |
TheAmerican Muslim Council (AMC) is anIslamic organization and registered charity in the United States. Its headquarters is located inChicago, Illinois.[citation needed]
An earlier organization with the same name was founded in 1990 byAbdul Rahman al-Amoudi with the support of theMuslim Brotherhood.[1] (Al-Amoudi is also the former leader of theIslamic Society of Boston.)[citation needed]
The AMC later reorganized itself under a new name and moved its national headquarters fromWashington, 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 leaderSami 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 thePalestinian 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), andMuslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). AMPCC's primary concern is to coordinate the member organizations on activism and lobbying.[6]
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