Posted on 12/24/2006 1:44:51 PM PST by Pikamax
Muslims played a critical role in some key elections this year. But elected officials won't take them seriously if they don't continue to organize and turn out Muslim voters, two politically active Muslims said Saturday at a convention in Dearborn.
If there are efforts to register Muslims to vote, educate them about the candidates and get them to the polls to vote for one candidate, politicians will court their support, Jameel Johnson, an aide to U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., said at the Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America convention.
"It is our job to make the Muslim vote visible to candidates," he said.
A strategy of organizing Muslim voters worked in Virginia this year in the U.S. Senate race.
The effort was so organized that Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls, said Imam Mahdy Bray, a speaker at the convention. Volunteers also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote, he said.
As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb, Bray said.
"You can make a difference when you work," Bray said.
Mohammed Shoman, 18, of Dearborn said the conference inspired him to get involved. "We realize how much our influence is" now, he said.
*Every* Muslim I have personally known (perhaps ten), has fled sharia law and the fundamentalist idiots who enforced it in their home countries.
Educated, moderate Muslims are THE great untapped resource in the GWoT, but we just lump them in with the Islamo-fascists and wonder why they feel alienated?
It is shocking to see how this country allows the enemy to take over through constitutional means. I cannot believe that this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
It is even more shocking to see how this country allows its major enemy to remain as part of its population. Oops, I forgot, we are dealing with peaceful citizens. Just listen to what our "leaders" have to say about them.
Indeed.
And, the President is to be credited for trying to build bridges towards Islam, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah.
But, we've tried that - and it's clear that the only language that the Mohammadeans understand is force.
And yes, it's disgraceful that Jim Webb made into into the Senate on the basis of votes cast by enemies of the United States. If he had any honour, he'd resign.
But we all already know that Jim Webb is a dishonourable opportuinust who has betrayed his country in pursuit of power.
LOL. The Muslim vote may be powerful but not in America - in the Middle East. I think this is just a low-level attempt to intimidate American politicians. The only problem is that it might work with the Democrats. Of course, I'm very sad to admit, President Bush has really kow-towed to these types, too.
Your post is very strong, indeed. I really agree on the part about Jim Webb, too. This guy is such a loose cannon, you wonder if he has a secret relation to Howard Dean!
They vote for democrats because they weaken the US constitution, christian values, and ability to fight islamic terrorism.
Then once they are in the majority, they implement Sharia Law, and the democrats will be the first ones to have their throats slit.
Seperating the two is a mistake. The muslim vote combines with the illegal alien vote to help destroy our culture. The fruits of 'diversity' yield a poisen crop to our nation, yet we eat and drink of them with a mind-numbing abandon. If men like President Bush are our boldest and best leaders, better learn to speak Spanish or bow to 'allah', because both are juggernauts that leaders without vision or balls will be unable to stop.
They might all vote and they will vote D if they vote at all. Do the Rs have any attraction at all for these or the other groups that seem to always vote D?
What more can any of us say?
They don't need to have another attack like Sept. 11th, which is actually counterproductive to their agenda.
When they do things like blow us up - we get mad. However, if they just emigrate here, have scads of kids here and vote.....well, someday - all too soon - they win.
No need to fire a shot.
That must explain the hundreds of thousands of American Muslim suicide bombers and beheading squads.
Oh wait. Never mind.
OU to offer minor in Islamic Studies
Shawn D. Lewis / The Detroit News
Friday, December 22, 2006
ROCHESTER -- Oakland University students for the first time will be able to minor in Islamic Studies beginning next semester.
The first class, Introduction to Islam, will begin Jan. 4.
The Islamic Studies program was approved by the university five years ago but lacked funding. A group of Muslim professionals from throughout Metro Detroit helped make it happen.
"They have families with children in the schools and would like to make a contribution to increasing more knowledge about Islam and decreasing the prejudice and misinformation surrounding the religion," said Gary Shepherd, director of Religious Studies at the university. "They approached the university this past summer and donated about $250,000 -- generating pledges for $50,000 per year for five years."
The minor will require students to complete 20 credits in courses such as Introduction to Islam, Islamic Ethics, Islamic Law and Islamic Literature, as well as participate in an internship within the Muslim community. Shepherd said the goal is to add more classes to the minor.
Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations based in Southfield, hopes the program also attracts those outside the university.
"I would hope that law enforcement agencies would promote their staff in taking these classes so they can understand more about dealing with Muslims," he said.
That is also a goal for Imam Achmat Salie, recently hired as the Coordinator for Islamic Studies, who will be teaching one of the classes.
"We have a growing Muslim population, and we need to educate people about the ideals of the religion, not some sad realities like the politicized Middle East," he said.
A minor in Judaic studies also is being activated, funded by donors from the Jewish community, according to Shepherd.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061222/METRO02/612220323/1026/SCHOOLS
Agreed. That kind of simplistic thinking is going to get good people killed. If it hasn't already.
Indeed.
And, the President is to be credited for trying to build bridges towards Islam, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah.
But, we've tried that - and it's clear that the only language that the Mohammadeans understand is force.
And yes, it's disgraceful that Jim Webb made into into the Senate on the basis of votes cast by enemies of the United States. If he had any honour, he'd resign.
But we all already know that Jim Webb is a dishonourable opportuinust who has betrayed his country in pursuit of power.
Have we stopped assisting Islamic nations and I didn't hear about it?
A significant percentage of the 50,000 political asylees and refugees who came to the US last year were from Muslim nations as well.
Of the top 15 nations currently receiving foreign aid assistance, six are Muslim nations: Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Jordan and Indonesia.
I don't know what any of that has to do with Jim Webb though.
My point is that the Bush administration makes a distinction between radical Islamic fundamentalism and moderate Islamic states.
It's a nice fantasy to believe that Republicans aren't just as complicit as the Democrats are in the moral destruction of America, but it is just that, a fantasy. Republicans, like the Democrats, celebrate 'diversity', uphold homosexual 'rights', respect a 'woman's right to choose', and allow pornography to proliferate everywhere. I personally see no great fight going on between the two parties, where one side relentlessly and courageously presses for morality and rightiousness. Maybe they've duped some folks into believing that, or maybe we just want to believe that goodness and honesty still abound in government but are being constrained by Democrats.
In any case, the homos, feminists, moderates, appeasers and abortionists abound on both sides of the political isle. We have morphed into a humanist/secularist government. We are now paying the heavy price of a nation that has prohibited itself from applying Christian morals and values to our laws.
Rubbish. Islam is not a moderate religion, it is an extreme cult. The only real 'moderate' muslim is a muslim who does not practice islam. In other words, those who practice islam cannot possibly coexist with peaceful people, because their's is a religion of perpetual discontent, extreme prejudice, intellectual retardation and physical violence, which their 1,400 year history so clearly reveals .
Please tell them to step up and be vocal so we know they're out there. Until they do that they have no one but themselves to blame if they are lumped in with the others.
susie
500 years from now The Muslims will be screaming about retaking the holy Muslim Homeland of Deerborn.
"Watch how they operate in Europe. They will do the same, eventually, here in the US."
Maybe. But I'm not sure. Their militants might do something really horrible, and will finally wake the "sleeping giant." I would like for things to become so uncomfortable for them here, that they'd start clamoring to get out. Well, I can hope, can't I?
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