Salam Al-Marayati
President and Co-Founder, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
2021, 2026
Salam Al-Marayati is nationally recognized for his commitment to improving the public understanding of Islam and policies impacting American Muslims. Al-Marayati is president and co-founder MPAC, a Los Angeles-based Islamic advocacy group that works to promote and strengthen American pluralism by increasing understanding and improving policies that impact American Muslims.
Al-Marayati has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. He has also published articles in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune, and he has made media appearances on many networks, including C-SPAN, CNN, and NBC.
Al-Marayati is an adjunct faculty member at Bayan Claremont and a board member of the Muslim Reform Institute. He also served on the federal task force on preventing targeted violence against houses of worship created by DHS in 2019.
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
