Causes: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Health, International, Promotion of International Understanding, Public & Societal Benefit, Public Health

Mission: to promote the ideals of justice and free trade which is an essential common interest of Islam and the West, to demonstrate the Islamic origins of an essential common interest of Islam and the West, to demonstrate the Islamic origins of modern values such as the rule of law and market economics, to educate both Americans and Muslims world wide in the importance of liberty and free markets, and to advance the status of Musliim people by promoting a sympathetic environment in the

Results: Highlights of our activities this past year:
•Our president Dr. Imad-ad-was interviewed on "The Scholars Chair" TV program on "Does the Truth Matter?" (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=4DxmL89ipjI);
•Attorney Ashraf Nubani joined former Maryland legislator Saqib Ali and Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies as featured speakers at the Minaret of Freedom Institute 26th Anniversary Dinner on “Suppression of the BDS Movement: The Attack on the First Amendment;
•We organized a Kashmir Teach-in at American University (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=xDhSGHzam9w&feature=youtu. be)
•Dr. Ahmad participated in the Council on Foreign Relations workshop on Religion and Foreign Policy;
•we summarized presentations at the Uighur Solidarity now published on our blog (http://blog. minaret. org/?p=20506);
•our conversation with Tomar Applebaum on “Islam, a nuanced look. Episode 2: Islam and Violence” is now available on YouTube: (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=UT3rD1ub7tw&feature=youtu. be);
•we summarized the 2019 conference on "The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy" on our blog (http://blog. minaret. org/?p=20209);
•Dr. Ahmad was interviewed by Arran Thompson on "Anti-BDS Legislation in the U. S. and Free Speech": (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=zlhDsj7Y0UA&feature=youtu. be);
•we posted our answers to a student’s questions on Saudi-American relations on our website (http://blog. minaret. org/?p=20669);
•we published a summary of author Ben White's new book Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel: (http://blog. minaret. org/?p=20230);
•Dr. Ahmad's presentation on "Lessons Learned from Jewish-Muslim Engagement in our Local Communities" is included in a seven-part video of a Jewish-Islamic Dialog Society panel (https://youtu. be/b0x2nRfuHPg);
•Dr. Ahmad debated "The Arab World Has Failed The Palestinian People" at the Oxford Union at Oxford University (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=-ragGTC66tg);
•we participated in a number of interfaith services in the wake of the New Zealand massacres and assisted in the writing of a statement published by another Muslim organization;
•Dr. Ahmad appeared with Safi Kaskas on Khalil Shadeed’s “The Scholar’s Chair” television show to discuss “Principles of the Ummah” (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=mmkBfxnugpM);
•we published a summary of Anwar Ibrahim's remarks on Conscientious Governance at the International Institute of Islamic Thought (http://blog. minaret. org/?p=20061);
•Dr. Ahmad debated "Should the Death Penalty be Legal?" with Michael Kroll on "Roundtable Conversations" (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=ML6kXbL39AQ&feature=youtu. be);
•we summarized highlights of the 2019 conference on “The Israeli Lobby and American Foreign Policy” held at the National Press Club (http://blog. minaret. org/?p=20209);
•Dr. Ahmad lectured on Islam and Science at the planetarium at the University of Wisconsin.