United Voices Calls on Michigan Voters to Participate in Upcoming Primary

On February 27, 2024, in Electoral Politics, Press Release, Press Release, USA, by admin

United Voices is rallying all registered Muslim voters in Michigan to actively participate in the state’s primary election set for Tuesday, Feb. 27. This election offers a pivotal chance for American Muslims to influence the future direction of the nation. Michigan’s election process provides two separate ballots, allowing citizens to vote in either the Republican […]

Georgia candidate makes history as first known Muslim and Palestinian woman elected to state House

On November 15, 2022, in Electoral Politics, RUN FOR US, by admin

Ruwa Romman remembers the sadness she felt as an 8-year-old girl sitting in the back of a school bus watching classmates point to her house and erupt in vicious laughter. “There’s the bomb lab,” they jeered in yet another attempt to brand her family as terrorists. On Tuesday, the same girl – now a 29-year-old […]

The Midterm Results Show Muslim Americans Are No Longer on the Fringe of U.S. Politics

On November 15, 2022, in Civil Rights, Electoral Politics, USA, by admin

The Nov. 8 midterms almost saw Dr. Mehmet Oz become the first Muslim U.S. Senator. The Republican TV doctor-turned-politician—who wasn’t exactly popular among a wide swathe of Muslim Americans—would have been a controversial first for the community. But Oz’s loss to Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania masks what was otherwise a record-breaking election for the […]

Nida Allam, North Carolina’s First Muslim Woman Elected, Sets Her Eyes On Congress

On November 9, 2021, in Electoral Politics, by admin

Nida Allam made headlines in March 2020 when she became the first Muslim woman to win elected office in North Carolina. Now, the 27-year-old Democrat and member of the Durham County Board of Commissioners has set her eyes on Washington, D.C., announcing Monday that she will run for Congress. “I hope voters see that I’m […]

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