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Peace Profile: Muslim Legal Fund of America

The Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) works to secure the rights and liberties of Muslim Americans. This work enhances peace in the United States because it defends Muslims from injustice, which, if left unaddressed, will increase tensions. As highlighted by the Civil Rights Era, the relationship between peace and justice is undeniable. The initiatives supported by the MLFA have an even wider scope since its funding often determines what and how the government can prosecute all American citizens. The expansion of government powers following the September 11 (9/11) terror attacks has raised an alarm throughout American society. This profile will outline the unique issues, such as Islamophobia, that affect Muslims in America, and how the MLFA has promoted peace by fighting for their rights. The 9/11 terror attacks were traumatic for all Americans. For Muslim Americans this trauma was amplified because not only were they affected by the attacks, they were collectively blamed for them. As Michelle Fine and Selcuk Sirin observed, Muslim Americans were “evicted from the moral community of psychological citizenship in the USA” after these attacks. Following the attacks, Muslim Americans faced new cultural, social, psychological, and legal threats. In this regard, they have become more organized to confront these threats in which they are now, “exercising their rights as Americans to enhance their identity asMuslims,” according to Geneive Abdo.