Blogs - Muslim Democrats

Sign up for a Wellstone Action Political Training!

Sign up for a Wellstone Action Training! Hit the ground running. November 4th ushered in historic change, with great cause for celebration for the thousands of you that worked and volunteered on this election. It also prompted the question: we won - so now what do we do? The work doesn't stop. Camp Wellstone returns in 2009 with three post-election opportunities to grow the skills of the next wave of leaders, enhance the talents of long-time activists, and continue to build the f… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 25, 2008 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Smears against Obama energized Muslim voters: experts

By Michael Conlon CHICAGO (Reuters) - False rumors that Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim or had ties to Islamic extremism angered Muslim-Americans, who overwhelming supported him in Tuesday's presidential election, experts said on Thursday. Unpublished polling data indicated that the Democratic President-elect got somewhere between 67 percent and 90 percent of the Muslim vote, probably nearer the higher end, Ahmed Younis of Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, said in a telephone briefing.… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 7, 2008 at 3:01pm — No Comments

American Muslims relieved, hopeful at Obama's election

After months of balancing their support for the presidential candidate with concerns that their allegiance could do more harm than good, millions of relieved American Muslims cheered the election of the son of a Muslim immigrant whose middle name is Hussein. Record numbers of U.S. Muslims had cast their votes, boosted by registration drives held by the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, which targeted swing-state residents. MAS Freedom estimates that about 70,000 Muslims voted in Virgi… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 7, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Muslims drawn to Obama

Barack Hussein Obama's victory didn't just belie the so-called Bradley effect for black candidates. Experts say it also defied an "Osama effect"—opposition efforts to sway voters by connecting Obama to radical Islam. In fact, experts say the scare tactic mobilized record numbers of American Muslim voters and others to forgive Obama's slights of the Muslim community and choose him as the nation's next president.… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 7, 2008 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Among Young Muslims, Mixed Emotions on Obama

Annie Tritt for The New York Times

Muslim students at New York University gathered on Wednesday to discuss the presidential election, among them Momtaz Yaqubie, Meherunnisa Jobaida, Sule Akoglu and Wamiq Chowdhury.

… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 7, 2008 at 2:57pm — No Comments

We Shall Overcome! Yes We Can!!

Incredible! What a Defining, Victory, and Wonderful moment made in history that will be talked about for years to come. Election 2008 was particularly an exciting year in American politics, a historic and exciting race to power, people’s voice and influence. Finally the people have spoken and the combination of voters who supported Barak Obama demonstrates that America has come a long way as a nation. It does prove in making of this history, that anything is possible…. What we witnessed last ni… Continue

Added by Homa on November 5, 2008 at 11:41pm — No Comments

Congratulations to President Elect Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II: A momentous milestone has been reached in the history of America: An African-American is a president-elect to be sworn in to become the 44th president of the USA. In an hour of great need for resolute leadership, America has turned to a black man to take her out of the economic mess of the Bush Administration, which threatens to bring the whole of the world economy down. History has been made: congratulations to Mr Obama and the American people! The charisma of Mr Obam… Continue

Added by Mohammed Shafi Lokhandwala on November 5, 2008 at 9:48pm — No Comments

Victory Speech!

Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 5, 2008 at 7:14pm — No Comments

Congratulations Barack Obama!

Barack Obama. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

'First truly global U.S. president'

Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 5, 2008 at 2:05pm — No Comments

I Am A Muslim And I Can Vote

The answer is simple. There is a sense of urgency in the Muslim community because so many issues are affecting them; with the Iraq war and the war on terrorism, they have been victims of anti-Muslim policies of the Bush administration, such as the Patriot Act, secret detentions, and the "secret evidence" laws used against them. Muslims are genuinely optimistic that a sweeping change promised by Obama will restore the civil rights that have been usurped by the Bush administration and end the Isla… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 4, 2008 at 11:23am — No Comments

Muslim Youth Get Out The Vote

Meanwhile, like in many cities and towns across the country on Election Day eve, massive get out the vote efforts are underway. Under Karl Rove in the 2000 and 2004 election, the 72-hour strategy successfully turned out hundreds of thousands of Republican voters – a tactic McCain's campaign hopes to replicate. Meanwhile, the Obama campaign is using its own grassroots organizing strategies hoping to turn out even bigger crowds. And independent groups have their own voter mobilization efforts. In… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 4, 2008 at 11:22am — No Comments

Two Years of Inspiration

There are all sorts of people who have volunteered for the Obama campaign for passionate reasons of their own. One of the hardest-working subsets of Obama campaign volunteers are Muslim-Americans, who have struggled for acceptance into American culture ever since 9/11. Whisper campaigns designed to paint Obama as a Muslim (and therefore, a terrorist) has been particularly hurtful to them, especially after John McCain commented to a supporter that Obama was not an Arab, but "a good man, a family… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 4, 2008 at 11:22am — No Comments

Obama or McCain: Muslim Voters

By Zeyad Maasarani, Mukhtar A. Khan, IOL Correspondents WASHINGTON — Hours before the opening of America's historic White House elections, IslamOnline.net correspondents interviewed American Muslims in different states. We asked if they would be casting their ballot, their favorite candidate, the basis for their election choice, candidates' stances on Islam, and whether America is ready for a Muslim president.… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 4, 2008 at 11:20am — No Comments

Joe Hussein the Plumber

Those who elevate Joe the Plumber as the symbol of America while simultaneously denigrating Obama for being Hussein miss the point: both are symbols of the greatness of America. A friend of a friend - a physician - declared categorically almost 18 months ago that she could never vote for anyone whose middle name was "Hussein." In stark contrast, a Jewish friend of mine recently joined a Facebook group of over a thousand participants who have all adopted the middle name, "Hussein." The purpose o… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 3, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

American Muslims treated roughly in presidential campaign

It has been an interesting and strange race. As the race in its final weeks became more intense and negative, the Republicans, in a desperate attempt to discredit Barack Obama, dredged out anything and everything they could find on him. He's been called an Arab, a Muslim, and a friend of terrorists. Despite his categorical assertion that he is a Christian and not a Muslim, Republican surrogates continue to reinforce the myth. The semblance of any connection, no matter how tenuous and remote, ha… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 3, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

MAS Freedom Heading Major Muslim Voter Mobilization Campaign

Sunday, 02 November 2008 In a recent Washington D.C. press conference, MAS Freedom (MASF) the civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS), and the Virginia Muslim Political Action Committee (VMPAC) announced plans for a massive Muslim voter turnout campaign in Virginia and several "battleground states". For the past several years both organizations have been highly involved in large campaigns supporting voter registration, education, and mobilization.… Continue

Added by Ahmed on November 2, 2008 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Pacifica Radio www.kpfk.org streaming LIVE Today Thurs. Oct. 30 @ 3pm PST - ELECTION 2008 - What's in Store for Americans of Arab, Muslim, West and South Asian Descent?

TUNE IN TODAY Pacifica Radio - www.kpfk.org streaming LIVE Today Thurs. Oct. 30 @ 3pm PST ELECTION 2008 - What's in Store for Americans of Arab, Muslim, West and South Asian Descent? on RADIO INTIFADA - WWW.KPFK.ORG - Streamling LIVE Co-produced and co-hosted by Nile El Wardani and Sejal Patel, SWANA Collective, KPFK In advance of next week's election, Radio Intifada will explore the meaning/impact of the election for the Americans from the SWANA region, discussing immigration policies, the… Continue

Added by Nile El Wardani on October 30, 2008 at 2:51pm — 1 Comment

Pumping Up Muslim Voter Turnout

SAN FRANCISCO--American Muslims are feverishly working for the largest-ever Muslim voter turnout on Nov. 4, with a particular focus on battleground states. Muslim civic organizations have worked in coalition to generate dozens of rallies, town hall meetings and neighborhood get-togethers, all geared toward voter mobilization. "Our goal is to maximize Muslim voter turnout, support candidates who support civil liberties, world peace, universal healthcare, better education, a fair immigration pol… Continue

Added by Ahmed on October 30, 2008 at 2:04pm — No Comments

The duty of American Muslims this election

We are citizens who work hard, pay taxes, send kids to school, and participate in community activities – in short, we are as much America as "Joe the Plumber." Unfortunately, we often don't act it. If we want our place in American political life, we have to earn it. If we want our voices heard, we should not need prominent citizens such as Colin Powell to defend the American Muslim identity as part of our nation's political fabric and denounce Islamophobia in American politics. We should raise… Continue

Added by Ahmed on October 30, 2008 at 1:10pm — No Comments

On ballots this Nov: More Muslim American women

More Muslims, particularly women, are running for political office, spurred by the perceived erosions of their civil liberties. Dozens of Muslim Americans of both genders have seats on city councils and work on Capitol Hill, Saeed said, though few hold statewide office. Only two Muslims _ Democrats Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Andre Carson of Indiana _ serve in Congress. READ MORE Continue

Added by Ahmed on October 30, 2008 at 1:08pm — No Comments

< Previous Post

All Blog Posts (58)