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IAMC issues rebuttal to defamatory ‘Islamophobic’ article in Newsweek By News Desk|   Updated: 10th March 2021 1:50 pm IST Washington: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) on Thursday issued a detailed rebuttal to an article published in Newsweek in December. Calling the article Islamophobic, IAMC asked the newsmagazine to publish the rebuttal immediately. The piece, titled “COVID Relief Funds Went to Violent Extremists” and published by Newsweek website on December 7, 2020, had alleged that IAMC was connected with the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), an organization that the Indian Government has banned. “It is disappointing that Newsweek, once one of America’s best news organizations, chose to publish an allegation of terrorism against us without first reaching out to us for comment,” Rasheed Ahmed, Executive Director, IAMC, wrote to Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Nancy Cooper. “Providing the opportunity to respond to an allegation especially one so

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