The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs reports that Muslim Americans were not only participants in the opening interfaith session at the DNC this past August, but that they also held a breakfast meeting with 50 Muslim Delegates from around the country.
Keith Ellison, a Muslim and congressperson was present, as was the other Muslim US congressperson Andre Carson.
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), who in 2006 became the first Muslim American elected to Congress, spoke passionately at the luncheon about the need for Muslims, as well as other minority groups, to increase their political involvement by voting, participating in local politics, and running for political office. “America, our great country, needs the Muslim community,” said Ellison, who was sworn into office using a Qur’an once owned by Thomas Jefferson—proving, as he said, that there is nothing un-American about Islam.
The article goes on to point out how Muslim Americans are becoming an important demographic in the US, especially in several swing states.
