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The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) (formerly Indian Muslim Council-USA) is an advocacy organization of
Indian American
Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to ...
Muslims, with multiple chapters across the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. The group focuses on advocacy to promote pluralism and religious freedom in India. It also focuses on interfaith understanding and advocating on behalf of the Indian Muslim diaspora in the United States.
IAMC was established on August 15, 2002, in response to the
2002 Gujarat riots
The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hin ...
. As a member of the
Coalition Against Genocide
The Coalition Against Genocide is a coalition of about 40 organisations mostly based in the United States and Canada, as well as individuals, who aim to respond to the 2002 Gujarat riots, which they refer to as the "Gujarat genocide", in order to " ...
, IAMC has campaigned in collaboration with other organisations in the coalition.
For example, such advocacy led to
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
's visa ban in the United States in 2005.
IAMC is no longer a member of the Coalition.
IAMC is also a member of the
Alliance Against Genocide, an international coalition dedicated to the prevention of genocide.
See also
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human r ...
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Sikh Coalition The Sikh Coalition is a Sikh-American advocacy group that defends Sikh civil rights founded in 2001 with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Fremont, California.
The Sikh Coalition, was originally named the Coalition of Sikh Organizati ...
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United Sikhs
United Sikhs is a civil and human rights, humanitarian aid non profit organization and disaster relief non-governmental organization which is also a United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated ...
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World Sikh Organization
World Sikh Organization (WSO) is a Sikh religious and non-profit organization whose 1984 founding goal was "to provide an effective, credible voice to represent Sikh interests on the world stage", after Operation Blue Star. Its stated goal is "t ...
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Khalsa Aid
Khalsa Aid, founded in 1999, is a UK based international non profit humanitarian organization providing support to victims of natural and man made disasters around the world. The organization has been acknowledged for providing relief during 201 ...
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Hindu American Foundation
The Hindu American Foundation ( ) is an American Hindu advocacy group founded in 2003. The organisation has its roots in the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad America and its student wing Hindu Students Council. Scholars argue ...
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Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America
The Federation of Tamil Sangams in North America (FeTNA) is a non-profit organization of Tamil organizations in the United States and Canada. It is a registered, non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization and founded in 1987 by five Tamil orga ...
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Friends of South Asia
Friends of South Asia (FOSA) is a California, United States based social and political activist organization. Founded jointly in 2001 by Americans of Pakistani and Indian origins, the group describes its mission as "achieve a peaceful, prosperous ...
(FOSA) is a California, United States based social and political activist organization
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United States India Political Action Committee
The United States India Political Action Committee is a political action committee based in Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 2002 by businessman Sanjay Puri, USINPAC has described its goal as "working closely with other Indian-American organ ...
(USINPAC)
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Coalition Against Genocide
The Coalition Against Genocide is a coalition of about 40 organisations mostly based in the United States and Canada, as well as individuals, who aim to respond to the 2002 Gujarat riots, which they refer to as the "Gujarat genocide", in order to " ...
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations
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(CAIR)
References
Bibliography
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* {{citation , first=Sangay K. , last=Mishra , chapter=Hindu nationalism and Indian American diasporic mobilizations , pages=59–77 , title=New Perspectives on the Indian Diaspora , editor=Ruben Gowricharn , publisher=Taylor & Francis , year=2021 , isbn=9781000412574 , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_h8wEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 , ref={{sfnref, Mishra, Hindu nationalism and Indian American diasporic mobilizations, 2021
External links
Official websiteIndian American Muslim Council (a profile)Bloomberg.com website, Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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Members of global Indian diaspora demand arrest of those responsible for 'genocidal hate speech' at Haridwar conclave The Hindu, 9 January 2022.
Indian American Muslim Council Condemns Dadri Mob KillingNDTV, 5 October 2015.
2002 establishments in the United States
India–United States relations
Islamic organizations based in the United States
Islamic organizations established in 2002