We, a dedicated Muslim group, came together to form Muslims for
Peace, Justice and Progress [MPJP] in order to pursue a new vision of
leadership and activism on the national and international front, and to
promote bridge-building between the West and the Muslim world.
As the common denominator of these two polarized camps of the
world, we, American Muslims, can play a vital role in mitigating
conflicts and diffusing confrontational situations.
Realizing our legitimate grounds by virtue of our faith to pursue
peace, and by virtue of our citizenship of the superpower in our time,
and by our membership in the greater global Muslim community, and by the
enormous responsibilities upon us, we came to the following resolutions:
- We are committed to help uplift the image and identity of
Muslims everywhere through our work as catalysts of change and as peace
makers. We believe that this organization can help to dispel
Islamophobia and stereotypes against Muslims in a fast and substantial
manner.
- We are dedicated to invalidate and marginalize extremism by
raising a powerful voice of reason and moderation, which will reflect
the voice of the silent majority of Muslims throughout the world.
- We are dedicated to help change the mindsets and modus
operandi of many Muslim-majority societies so that they can
become constructive, productive, and progressive. By encouraging them to
take responsibility of their own affairs, and by pointing out
the power of integration that can stabilize their societies and help
them progress, we believe we could contribute in changing their present
predicament. We believe that we could play an enormously helpful role in
changing their stagnated situations desperately needing reforms and
rapid economic development.
- We are committed to stay above the fray of sectarian,
factional, and ethnic differences in our organization and in our
pursuits.
- We are resolved to be inclusive, impartial and united on the
basis of commonalities and common interests to pursue empowerment,
welfare and service.
- As long as members/participants/contributors comply with the
vision, mission, and standards of MPJP, we, the officers and/or
decision-makers, cannot refuse their participation and contribution
towards the cause on the basis of differences of sects, ethnicities,
views, etc.
- We are addressing a new dimension of activism today. No other
Muslim American organization, to the best of our knowledge, has
addressed it until now in its comprehensiveness and in its new
dimension. And we dedicate ourselves to the cause.
- We appreciate and encourage the efforts of other Muslim
organizations in America within their respective spheres.
All are vital and ground breaking. However, the time has come to take
the leadership to a new frontier and a new level of involvement.
- We are committed to remain cooperative and congenial with
other major Muslim organizations in the West and beyond. We can work
side by side with them, or we can form a bigger coalition in the pursuit
of the cause. We also remain supportive of their respective agendas, and
we intend to help uplift their position and image whenever possible. We
are committed to working in unity as a single force if we face
difficulty and harassment by any organization in America and
beyond. We stand in solidarity with all other Muslim organizations that
do not violate our fundamental principles and values laid down here as
well as in our vision and mission statement.
- We remain committed not to allow others to provoke and
intimidate us into becoming reactionary, fearful, petty, short-sighted,
and vengeful. Rather we intend to be visionary, courageous, generous,
and vivacious reflecting the true spirit of Islam and the establishment
of justice and peace.
- We, MPJP, must remain transparent, accountable, and above
all, independent in order to be effective in the pursuit of the cause.
- We must remain objective, fair, and professional. We must
maintain high standards of work ethics when carrying out our duties and
when dispensing our fiduciary responsibilities.
- We are dedicated to our role as responsible and
productive citizens of America, and to our role as members of a greater
world community of Muslims.
- Furthermore, we are dedicated to the proposition of a
win-win situation between America and the Muslim world, and to its
enormous implication for the greater peace and stability in the
world.
- We wish to reach out to Muslims of many other Western and
Eastern nations to spearhead a transnational leadership and network to
promote conflict resolution and constructive engagement on the
international front.
- We are dedicated to enlarge the domain of goodwill in our
work with non-Muslims. We remain non-judgmental in our pursuits
of peaceful coexistence and cooperation. We are committed to working
side-by-side with non-Muslim individuals and organizations, or as their
partners to promote peace and goodwill.
- We intend to reach out to civil societies of many countries
in order to help create a broader and bigger network to pursue peace,
justice, and progress.
- We are resolved that we conduct our affairs from the moral
high ground with the spirit of Islam: justice towards all and malice
towards none.
- We are highly resolved to keep our trust in God
["mutawakkilun"], to keep our faith [‘muminun’], to remain conscious of
His Supreme Presence [“muttaqun”], and to submit ourselves to the Will
and Moral Law of our Sustainer-Creator [“muslimun”] in all our pursuits.
[ALHAMDULILLAH]