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Washington Examiner Walz declares Muslims would ‘serve side by side’ in a Harris administration Story by Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner • 14h • Democratic vice presidential hopeful Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) sought to appeal to Muslim American voters on Thursday during a virtual meeting with Emgage Action. While speaking during the online meeting hosted by the Muslim American advocacy organization, Walz vowed to give Muslim Americans a voice in a Harris-Walz administration should they win the presidential election, Reuters reported. The Minnesota governor announced to viewers in attendance that Muslim Americans would be actively engaged and “serve side by side.” Emgage Action announced its endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris last week. Walz’s participation in Thursday’s event coincided with the debut of Arab Americans for Harris-Walz, NBC News reported. “Vice President Harris and I are committed that this White House... will continue to condemn in all forms anti-Islam, anti-Arab sentiments being led by Donald Trump, but more importantly, a commitment that Muslims will be engaged in this administration and serve side by side,” Walz declared. His statement comes as the Harris-Walz campaign tries to make inroads with the Muslim-American voting demographic after a contentious year of political messaging that saw Democrats lose some support from the group over U.S. support for Israel. Matters were further complicated during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August when the DNC denied a Palestinian American from the Uncommitted National Movement an opportunity to speak at the convention. Tensions within the Muslim American community have increased over the last year after the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Since then, Israel has been at war with Hamas in the Gaza region, leading to much criticism from people around the globe, including the U.S., where protests plagued college campuses nationwide earlier this year. In recent weeks, hostilities have significantly increased between Israel and other paramilitary Islamic groups in the Middle East, such as the Houthis and Hezbollah. Walz spoke about the conflict in the Middle East and empathized with Muslim and Arab Americans. “As-Salaam-Alaikum,” Walz said before discussing the crises in the Middle East. “I know the pain of this community is deep. Our hearts are broken.” “The scale of death and destruction in Gaza is staggering and devastating,” the Minnesota governor stated. “Tens of thousands of innocent civilians killed, families fleeing for safety over and over again. We all know on here, this war must end and it must end now.” “The vice-president’s working every day to ensure that, to make sure Israel is secure, the hostages are home, the suffering in Gaza ends now. And the Palestinian people realize the right to dignity, freedom, and self-determination,” Walz added.
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Muslims Are Least Likely Faith Group To Back Trump, But That Support Is Rising, Poll Finds Rowaida Abdelaziz ·Reporter, HuffPost Thu, October 1, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT Muslims are the least likely faith group in the U.S. to support President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to a new report by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. That’s not surprising, considering his pledges and actions that have targeted Muslims in the U.S. and abroad. But another survey finding is more jarring: the proportion of Muslims who back Trump has gone up since 2016. Support for Trump’s reelection climbed 10 percentage points from 2016 to 2020, up from 4% to 14%, among Muslim Americans, according to the survey released Thursday. That increase came mostly from white Muslims, 31% of whom back the president. Only 8% of Black and Arab Muslims and 6% of Asian Muslims said they supported Trump. That’s not to say Trump has many Muslim backers. The study found that Muslim Americans overwhelmingly prefer a Democrat for president: at 67% in 2016 and at 51% for the 2020 election. With the presidential election just weeks away, the report ― the fifth of its kind from the organization ― offers crucial insights into voting trends of Muslim Americans, a community that experts say does not operate as a voting bloc due to being the most racially diverse faith group in the country. Despite making up only 1% of the U.S. population, at 3 million people, Muslim civic engagement has skyrocketed over the last few years and grabbed the attention of presidential candidates. “The steady growth is really a testimony to the hard work that’s from so many in Muslim civil society who have focused on improving Muslim civic engagement,” said Dalia Mogahed, ISPU’s director of research. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden used the word “inshallah,” an Arabic term that translates to “God willing,” during the first presidential debate Tuesday, and Muslims and Arabic speakers took notice. During the same debate, Trump refused to condemn white supremacists. He’s also amplified anti-Muslim rhetoric on the campaign trail, attacked the first two Muslim congresswomen and, most notably, issued a travel ban that targets citizens from several Muslim-majority countries. But he still has a small band of Muslim American supporters. The study found that the small proportion of Muslims who support Trump was largely aligned with non-Muslim Trump supporters, prioritizing the economy as a top issue. Both Muslim and non-Muslim Trump supporters opposed building coalitions with the Black Lives Matter movement. (The respondents who described themselves as white Muslims were asked by the questioner to self-identify.) Looking at racial breakdowns, 50% of white Muslims approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, on par with 48% of white Americans in the general public. (Photo: Institute for Social Policy and Understanding) More By contrast, most Muslim Americans are in favor of coalitions with organizations like the Black Lives Matter Movement. Nearly two-thirds of Muslims expressed support for such partnerships. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, the senior editor at Sapelo Square, an online publication that amplifies the voices of Black Muslims, noted that Muslims who align with Trump are often “recipients of privilege and power” and haven’t dealt with the aftermath of some of Trump’s racist or Islamophobic rhetoric. Those Muslims who may not have been victims of explicit Islamophobia or racism are more able to compartmentalize different aspects of their identities, said Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad, the founder and president of the Muslim Wellness Foundation. “Hearing [these numbers] makes me wonder what deeper conversations and spaces are needed for American Muslims to divest from whiteness to explore the impact of internalized white supremacy and internalized oppression,” Rashad added. Though there is a perception that religious people are largely aligned with the Republican Party ― due to the political activity of white evangelicals ― the political beliefs of most Muslim Americans show that isn’t always the case. “The idea that people vote for Trump because they’re so religious is not actually true. There are religious people on both sides,” Mogahed said. “Social conservatism and religiosity did not appear to be as strong of a factor as we might expect.” (Photo: Institute for Social Policy and Understanding) The numbers provided an interesting insight into the political leanings of Muslim Americans, who have become more politically engaged over the last few years. According to research released in 2018, more than 66% of American Muslims identified with Democrats, compared with only 13% who identified as Republicans. However, both groups were critical of the way their own parties treated their communities. The report also noted that, despite the increased civic participation, the number of Muslims registered to vote remains lower than for other faith groups. A quarter of Muslims in America are not eligible to vote, mostly due to citizenship ― a number higher than other faith groups. As of March, nearly a third of Muslims (28%) were still undecided on who they prefer as their next president. The ISPU, founded in 2002, is a research institution based in Washington, D.C., that conducts studies, gathers data and forms analyses on American Muslims. The most recent report surveyed self-identified Muslims, Jewish Americans and other populations in March and April 2020 through Social Science Research Solutions, a market and survey firm. SSRS interviewed 801 Muslim respondents, 351 Jewish respondents and 1,015 adults in the general population, totaling 2,167 people surveyed by phone and on the web. The survey has a margin of error at a 95% confidence level of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points for Muslims and plus or minus 7.2 points for Jews. You can read the full report here. Related... Muslim Voters Won't Forget Which Democrats Had Ilhan Omar's Back More Presidential Candidates Are Visiting Mosques Than Ever Before Arab and Muslim Communities Need To Talk About Anti-Blackness Love HuffPost? Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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