American Muslim Political Participation in Early 1990s

The participants talk with reporters about several initiatives to increase American Muslim participation in the political process, especially Muslim women. They release the results of a survey of Muslim Americans on various social and political issues, and outline their participation in the Chicago Democratic convention. They also take questions from the press.

This panel was hosted by Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Muslim Women for America (MWA). This panel aired on C-Span on August 25, 1996.

In this panel, we hear from Sharefa al-Khateeb (Vice President at the North American Council for Muslim Women), Nihad Awad (Co-Founder and Executive Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations), Iesha Bray (President at the Sisterhood in Action), Mahdi Bray (Executive Director at the National Muslim Political Action Center), Anisa Abd El Sattah (Executive Director at the Muslim Women for America), Ibrahim Hooper (National Communications Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)), Muhammad Majid (Director of Public Relations at the Islamic Foundation for America), and Mohamed Nimer (Director American-Muslim Research Center at the Council on American-Islamic Relations).

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