Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Obama has failed in the Middle East and the fight against Islamist extremism Congress needs to be focused on real solutions to the Islamist threat    PHOENIX (May 21, 2013) – Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a devout Muslim and author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save His Faith” released the following statement on behalf of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) regarding the Obama Administration’s failures in Syria, Benghazi and Boston: “Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey visited the White House on May 16 to discuss … Continued

Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, President & Founder of AIFD is a member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. The Commission released this statement today. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SYRIA: The Sectarian Divide  WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 -   The two-year armed conflict in Syria has left at least 80,000 people dead and more than 5 million displaced.  In his May 13, 2013 press conference with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama noted the difficulty of  “putting things back together” in Syria after “the furies have been unleashed.”  These “furies” include a brutal conflict that increasingly is sectarian in nature. … Continued

Middle East American Coalition for Democracy 2300 M Street NW Suite 800 Washington DC, 20037 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIFD joins Middle East American Coalition for Democracy in plea to United Nations for international support to civil society NGO’s in response to Arab Awakening Group sends memo to UN Chief asking for coordinated strategy to prioritize engagement of liberal civil society groups in the Middle East (New York–May 16, 2013) – A number of Middle East NGO leaders joined efforts in a full day of meetings with Secretariat General’s officials and with various missions at the United Nations on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 to demand … Continued

Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   MEDIA CONTACTS:      Gregg Edgar Gordon C. James Public Relations gedgar@gcjpr.com 602-690-7977 Obama’s Paralysis reveals failure of a Moral policy in Syria and a Post-American World 80,000 dead is not enough of a redline?  PHOENIX (April 30, 2013) – Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, an American Muslim of Syrian descent and author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save His Faith” issued the following statement on behalf of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) regarding Syria: “President Obama’s April 30 press conference revealed how we risk … Continued

By M. Zuhdi Jasser National Review Online, 04/20/13 The terror attacks in Boston, perpetrated by the Tsarnaev brothers, have finally come to an end with the capture of the younger brother Dzhoakhar in Watertown on Friday evening. One hopes that Dzhoakhar survives just long enough to tell us whether he was working with any foreign or domestic Islamist groups before he hopefully meets the same fate of his victims. Our nation will certainly be resilient, and we cannot let terrorists achieve their goals of unraveling our society. Perhaps Boston’s terror may finally be the impetus to begin the long overdue … Continued

Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston Bombers are yet another wake-up call for a national strategy against the root cause of Islamist terror Department of Homeland Security whack-a-mole program against “Violent Extremism” failed the American public   PHOENIX (April 19, 2013) – Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a devout Muslim and author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save His Faith” issued the following statement on behalf of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) regarding the ongoing terror incident in Boston: “The terror attacks in Boston, perpetrated by the Tsarnaev brothers have finally … Continued