Month: September 2019

Friends, on this Memorial Day, when Americans honor the brave men and women who have fought and died to preserve our freedoms, APPAC also honors three other heroes: Ricky John Best, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher. Last Friday, May 26, these three men intervened to stop the hateful harassment of two young women, one Muslim, on a light rail train in Portland, Oregon. The women escaped injury, but Best and Namkai-Meche lost their lives when the attacker turned on them, and Fletcher was hospitalized with serious wounds. Like all Americans of good will, we are horrified by the recent rise in bigotry, hate crimes, and harassment, and will continue to speak out and fight against them. Donations for the families of these heroes can be made at https://www.gofundme.com/appacforbravetrio

American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee is devastated to hear the news of multiple deaths during a recent fire in London, UK. This tragedy has taken lives of innocent victims during similar events of both nature-caused and man-caused character taking place all over the world, including in Pakistan as well. Our prayers and thoughts are with the victims of those deadly events. We express our deepest and heartfelt condolences. Muslims who were awake during the London fire because they were beginning their Ramadan fast “saved people’s lives” when a deadly blaze broke out at a west London tower block, writes HuffPost UK. A London resident of Pakistani origin Humraz Khan rushed to help as the London fire raged. He was awake because of Ramadan: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/london-fire-muslims-breaking-ramadan-fast-may-have-saved-lives-in-grenfell-tower_uk_59410ad3e4b0d3185486088c