By Matthew Agar, Program Coordinator, American Islamic Congress This is the first piece in a series on Muslims and the 2016 Presidential Elections. This election has turned out to be a monumental moment for Muslim Americans. Of the substantive issues brought up during the Presidential debates, issues of Islamophobia, countering violent extremism, and refugees are front…
Read MoreBoston – October 23, 2012 — AIC’s Nasser Weddady spoke with WBGH’s Kara Miller about Monday’s presidential foreign policy debate and how world issues affect voters’ choices at the polls. Listen to the conversation on WGBH here.
Read MoreAmerican Muslims will be an important voting bloc in the 2012 presidential election, but some politicians have been hesitant to reach out to the community for fear of a backlash, said Corey Saylor, spokesman for the Council of Islamic-American Relations. In 2010, the Pew Research Center estimated that nearly 2.6 million Muslims lived in the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, March 13, 2012 – Thirteen faith organizations recently joined the Anti-Defamation League in signing a statement that asks candidates to refrain from encouraging religious bias or stereotypes, and to conduct their campaigns without using religion to appeal to certain voting blocs. Candidates, the “interfaith statement of principles” says, should feel comfortable explaining their religious…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2012 – This week, AIC jointly signed a statement of principles “on religion in political campaigns that calls on candidates vying for office to feel comfortable explaining their religious conviction to voters but also warn that ‘there is a point when an emphasis on religion becomes inappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously…
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