Muslims and the 2008 Presidential Elections

Ahmer Muzammil, author of American Muslims and Presidential Elections 2008 makes an excellent point. The article stresses the need for American Muslims to become more involved in the presidental elections by voting. Muslims are a growing majority in the US, since 20,000 Americans convert to Islam yearly and many Muslims are migrating to the West due to their country’s lack of human rights and ill treatment of their citizens. According to Muzammil, the Muslimsin population in the US is almost as large as the Jewish population, thus just like this large diaspora, they need to have their voices heard. As a Muslim the author advices Muslims:
· Do not strictly vote for one party (as most Cubans do).*
· Do not make one party the enemy (Bush is not the entire Republican party).*
· Muslims should voice their discontent with American Foreign Policy.
· Make the US politicians realize that American Muslims are a voting community.
· Muslim citizens need to become register voters (if they are not registered) and VOTE.

*Note: The comments made in parenthesis are my comments and do not reflect the views of the author of the article.