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In Run-Up to Midterms, Muslim Groups, Mosques Push for Voter Engagement

posted on November 8, 2022

Alejandra Molina of Religion News Service reports that Muslim civic and religious organizations are encouraging increased voter participation from local Muslim communities across the country. Groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations have hosted candidate forums and created voter guides. Mohammed Missouri, the executive director of Jetpac, a nonprofit that works to increase Muslim representation in the U.S. government, said, “The Muslim community is recognizing more and more that, at the local level, you have a massive impact on your community.”

 

Read at Religion News Service