CAIR-Chicago Partners with SABA for Poll Watching Workshop
Tag: Voting
CAIR-Chicago Joins Illinois Leader in Support of Automatic Voter Registration
CAIR-Chicago stood behind Senator Dick Durbin,
CAIR-Chicago Celebrates College Student Election Judge Program
A recent report released in late September 2015 reveals that college students participating as judges in recent elections
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Albany Park Post: Muslim Leaders Urge Voting, Oppose View it's Sinful
While CAIR-Chicago believes that Hizb ut-Tahrir has a right to their views that Muslim’s shouldn’t vote, the organization says that American Muslims must be civically engaged, from voting to running for office.
Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson specifically objected to the organizations point that even though Muslims have voted in the United States and around the world, it’s done them little good.
VOA News: Muslim Americans Urge Community Members to Vote in Upcoming Election
CAIR-Chicago Outreach Coordinater Gerald Hankerson discusses Muslim American involement in this election:
“Even with the election cycle there is much argument and debate whether Muslims should be involved. One way or another we are living here, and our life is being impacted by whether or not we decide to offer our voice and our balance. So most definitely religion may factor into it on certain issues, such as immigration reform, such as protecting first amendment rights, because we definitely want to see that our faith is not impeded for us to be truly considered Americans,”
Frequency TV: Gerald Hankerson on NewsBeat Election Special
Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson discusses the importance and the potential power of mobilizing young people to vote in elections. He describes some of the efforts CAIR-Chicago makes to reach young people early in life, to instill in them a sense of civic duty.
VOA News: Asian Americans Have Many of Same Election Day Concerns as Other Groups
“For American Muslims, the biggest concern right now is the quality and tone of the debate,” added Rehab. “Whether this debate is on our national security, or our jobs or the economy or even the place of Muslims in America, our concern is that the nature of the debate in America has become more and more divisive, cynical, frenzied, paranoid, and we are very concerned about that and we wish that they debate itself, regardless of the positions people take, to be rooted in more intellect and empirical analysis and honest debate and mutual understanding.”
Our Voice, Our Vote: Muslim Americans Are Viable Partners in Deciding America's Future
We are the most diverse religious community in this nation, representing people different needs and interests, who grow in complexity and variance. We all pay taxes to maintain the upkeep of our neighborhoods and its institutions. And we have a responsibility to make our voice count—we can, and should vote.
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