Sameerah Munshi Resigns from White House Religious Liberty Commission

Sameerah Munshi, the only Muslim woman serving on the White House Religious Liberty Commission, resigned her advisory position on March 13, 2026, in protest over the panel's removal of fellow member Carrie Prejean Boller and recent U.S. military actions against Iran.

Munshi, appointed to the commission by President Donald Trump in 2025, announced her decision in a social media statement, citing what she described as injustices both domestically and abroad. She specifically condemned the commission's ouster of Boller, a Catholic social media influencer and former Miss California USA titleholder, for expressing views on Palestine during a February hearing focused on antisemitism. Boller, who wore a pin displaying the American and Palestinian flags, questioned the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism and asked panelist Shabbos Kestenbaum, a PragerU commentator, whether opposition to Zionism equated to antisemitism. She also pressed Kestenbaum on whether he condemned Israel's military operations in Gaza, which the United Nations and Amnesty International have described as involving excessive force and civilian harm.