El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan is a Metropolitan Washington, DC-based human
rights advocate; author, lecturer and poet. His work has taken him
across America into Africa, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the
Middle East.
He is a founder of the Coalition Against Political
Imprisonment (CAPI); and a founder of the National Association for
Police Accountability (NAPA). He is also the founder of - and presently
serves as Director of Operations for -- The Peace and Justice
Foundation.
Mauri' Saalakhan is the author of several books: The
Teacher, a work of Islamically-based poetry and commentary on a myriad
of social and political issues; Sacrilege In the Haramain, an eyewitness
account of the tragedy that occurred in Mecca, Arabia (on 6 Dhul-Hijjah
1407/July 31, 1987); Why Our Children Are Killing Themselves, an
examination of the root causes behind the crises facing children, youth
and families in America; and Criminal Justice in America, an examination
of the U.S. Criminal Justice System and its impact on the African
American community.
Among his other works are September 11th: The Truth,
Will It Ever Be Known?; The Case of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin: Is It A
Government Conspiracy?; Iraq: The Question of American Values; The
Message of Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who was killed in
Occupied Palestine in March 2003 (while non-violently attempting to stop
the destruction of a Palestinian's home); The State of the Union 2003:
Don't Say You Didn't know!; Target Sudan: What's Really Behind The
Crisis in Darfur; and his most recent publication, Islam & Terrorism:
Myth vs. Reality.
Mauri' Saalakhan is a critically-acclaimed poet, and was
selected as "An Outstanding Young Man of America" in 1986. In 1995 he
was the recipient of the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award," from the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and a "Maryland State
Senate Resolution," for his human rights work in and outside the State
of Maryland.
In 1999 Saalakhan served as a consultant for Amnesty
International's year long focus on human rights abuses in the United
States of America.
