American Islamic Forum For Democracy

The mrm includes over 35 leaders and organizations with diverse voices not only in the united states but in canada, and europe who are dedicated to reform. These networks of reform-minded muslim leaders continue to gain momentum in their work as each leader publicizes and advocates their individual work and the collective then comes together to serve as an alternative to the domestic and global network of 'establishment' islamist organizations such as the council on american-islamic relations, islamic society of north america, and the muslim public affairs council. We continue to seek out and add other like-minded dissident muslim leaders across the world to join in our fight for muslim reform towards modernity. The growing network of diverse leaders, co-chaired by aifd, continues to partner, and work together regularly, cooperating in monthly meetings, joint papers, public position statements, and hundreds of media appearances and public forums, in the promotion of our ideas for muslim reform and against islamism and to aid public counterterrorism in counter- radicalization efforts against radical islamists. We continue to work through our public platforms in hoping to shift the whole of society's approach in counterterrorism, from the completely ineffective strategy of "countering violent extremists(cve)" to the far more rational and effective "countering islamism (ci)" programming and strategy.

Muslim liberty project (mlp) is our community and leadership building initiative among young muslims age 15-30. Our program and leaders empower and mentor future young american muslim leaders who align with our work of reform against islamist indoctrination and ideas and who advocate for the importance and duty of establishing a balanced american and muslim identity. Mlp youth engage in discussions and community projects that balance their american and muslim identities. These projects include interfaith collaborative efforts, the development of university ambassadors, townhalls, and social media forums to openly discuss various current events that impact them and the u.s. We have also started reaching out more broadly within our clarity coalition leadership to other youth of other faiths to help them use our focus on americanism as an additional tool for other minority communities who have a similar and sympathetic ideological approach to integration, assimilation, and the importance of highlighting the combined national social contract of the u.s. Constitution, bill of rights, and rule of law. We also continue to look for community service opportunities that bring awareness to the plight of various communities and demonstrate how american muslims can make a difference. Our youth have in the past engaged in programs aiding the humanitarian efforts in syria, the global refugee crisis, and other interfaith work. We also continued programming in 2024 countering, exposing, and countering the depth of antisemitic indoctrination across university campuses and specifically the role of islamists in working with the progressive left and its "red-green axis" of organizations (like the students for justice in palestine- sjp) and many others domestically and abroad. We also continue to be focused on building our mentoring program of "future muslim leaders of america" which pairs future young muslim leaders in the united states with some of our prominent anti-islamist muslim reform leaders and mentors them in skills, professionalism, and engagement on all of our platforms to lead our legacy work in the future. Aifd continues to work with law enforcement with vulnerable youth in our pilot counter-radicalization programs. We have led working groups addressing indicators of isolation and extremism in vulnerable youth. Aifd also continued building its pilot programming and expertise for at-risk young individuals referred by the local and federal court system to aifd for de-radicalization programming and mentoring. Aifd also provides educational programming for government, military, and law enforcement providing, for example, when requested, its radical islamism for law enforcement (rile) course with a full day curriculum to educate any appropriate law enforcement or security personnel on our counter- radicalization strategies.