Prominent Republican and Trump Administration officials are scheduled to speak on Sunday at Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving. The event, sponsored by the National Park Service, a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization, is designed to “prepare for the nation’s 250th birthday with Scripture, testimony, prayer, and rededication of our country as One Nation to God.”
The event will include House Speaker Mike Johnson, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Faith leaders scheduled to speak at the event include Christian ministers Franklin Graham, Robert Jeffress, and Jonathan Pokluda, and rabbis Samuel Rodriguez and Meir Sloveichik.
Missing from the lineup, however, are Muslim faith leaders, and the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights advocacy group is pushing for that to change.
In a statement, the Council on American-Islamic Relations noted that many people have struggled and died to ensure that the declaration that we are all created equal moves from “paper to reality.”
“That struggle,” the statement read, “mandates that any event associated with our nation’s 250th birthday must celebrate the equal and unique nature of religious life in the United States.”
Recognizing the important contributions of Muslims in the history of the U.S., the CAIR statement said that, “Inviting speakers who represent many faiths projects the strength of our religious liberty. The current announced speakers list misses this important mark.”
An expansion of the speakers’ list to include Muslims, according to CAIR, would reflect America’s rich religious landscape.
In March, CAIR released its 2026 Civil Rights Report, “The Right to be Different,” which documents a pattern of public officials using their offices to narrow the definitions of what Americans can look like, say, or believe.
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