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On Friday, the Muslim Public Affairs Council issued a Declaration Against Extremism. Only six days prior, MPAC announced it was "proud to be a cosponsor" of an Islamist conference in California run by a group with a background filled with the type of extremism MPAC purports to stand against.
MPAC is a group with Muslim Brotherhood origins and a long history of advancing the Islamist cause. It changed its tone in recent years, but the same leadership is in place. At its 12th annual conference, MPAC founder and Senior Advisor Maher Hathout said, "We don't want to enforce Sharia anywhere" and that Sharia's penal code is unsuitable for today's world.
MPAC also stood out as the only major group with a Brotherhood background to support the revolution that toppled Egyptian President Morsi over the summer. The other major Muslim-American groups with Brotherhood links were silent or rallied for Morsi.