This conference is the 2nd International conference of Muslim Councils in the West. It is a follow-up to the 1st International Conference which was held in Washington, DC in 2016, and hosted by the US Council of Muslim Organizations. One of the major outcome of the first conference was the “Washington Declaration” which annouced the formation of a steering committee to prepare a proposal for establishing an umbrella organization for Muslim councils in the west. The steering committee will present its proposal and recommendations for the formation of the Assembly of Western Muslim Organizatioins at the conference.