Founded in 2002, the Arab American and Muslim Congress sponsors workshops, seminars and conferences in the United States and the Middle East. The organization has been promoting peace, freedom, human rights, education and anti-discrimination throughout the world in general and within the United States and the Middle East in particular through dialog , acceptance and understanding of the differences and beliefs of many cultural Groups. The Arab American and Muslim Congress is an umbrella organization representing many Arab and Muslim American organizations to work for lobbying the Arab and Muslim American issues.