The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is a U.S.-based public service agency and advocacy organization founded in 1988 as an offshoot of the Islamic Center of Southern California. It works to advance the civil rights of American Muslims, foster the integration of Islam into American pluralism, and build positive, constructive relationships between American Muslims and their representatives, as well as with government agencies, media, and the public. MPAC engages in policy advocacy, media monitoring, interfaith dialogue, leadership training, and countering Islamophobia through reports, campaigns, and educational programs. It has developed a Hollywood Bureau to influence media portrayals of Muslims and trains federal employees on cultural sensitivity. Politically active, MPAC endorses candidates and lobbies on issues like immigration reform, national security, and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. It maintains partnerships with U.S. government agencies and interfaith groups, though it has faced controversies, including adversarial relations with groups like the Clarion Project, which has accused MPAC of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and defending extremists (confidence 0.8). MPAC leaders, such as Executive Director Salam Al-Marayati, have been criticized for past statements equivocating on terrorism (e.g., 1995 Oklahoma City bombing comments, later clarified) and for opposing certain counterterrorism measures as discriminatory.