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AUGUST
26, 2002
 ELECTIONS
9/11 fallout:
Muslims fall back from seeking officeIN
THE NORTHEAST
• Saghir
Tahir is a Muslim running for the New Hampshire House of Representatives in
District 50. Contact 603-623-9669.
• Henry Munson is professor and chairman in the department of anthropology
at the University of Maine who specializes in Muslim American issues. Contact
207-581-1899, Henry_Munson@umit.main.edu.
IN
THE EAST
•
Dr. Saleh Shahid is a Muslim and a Republican state representative in Rhode
Island from District 22. Contact 401-732-2719.
• Akram Yosri is a Muslim and New York University professor who is running
for U.S. Congress in New Jersey's 5th district. Contact 201-689-6888, contact@voteakram.com.
• Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is professor of the history of Islam and Muslim-Christian
relations at Georgetown University. Contact 207-687-2575, haddady@georgetown.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
• Ebrahim Moosa is associate research professor of religion and co-director
of the Center for Study of Muslim Networks at Duke University in North Carolina.
Contact 919-660-3520 (office), 919- 270 3431 (cell), moosa@duke.edu.
• Larry Shaw is a Muslim and a Democratic member of the North Carolina
State Assembly from District 41. Contact 919-733-9349.
• In Georgia, five-term U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney lost the Democratic
primary Aug. 20. She is known for her pro-Palestinian views and was supported
by many Arab-Americans, some outside her home state. See an Aug. 21 Detroit
Free Press article.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Ihsan Bagby of the University of Kentucky at Lexington is co-author
of the Council on American-Islamic Relation report "The
Mosque in America", Ibagby@aol.com.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Yaphett
El-Amin, a Muslim woman, is running unopposed for state representative in the
57th district of Missouri. Call Committee to Elect Yaphett El-Amin at 314-367-1112.
• Abed Hammoud, a Wayne County assistant prosecutor and Muslim, ran for
mayor of Dearborn, Mich., last year and lost. He continues to participate in
politics. Contact 313-846-7440, ahammoud@comcast.net.
• AMA-Midwest, a chapter of the American Muslim Alliance based in Chicago,
has an action
plan. It also lists organization leaders by state. Contact 773-507-5335,
director@ama-midwest.org.
• Eric Erfan Vickers is the executive director of the American
Muslim Council and a former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
from St. Louis. Contact 202-789-2262.
• Illinois' United Muslim
American Association has conducted a wide array of political organizing
activities and endorses candidates. The group initiated the process that resulted
in the Halal Food Act of Illinois, signed into law Aug 16, 2001, which is being
copied by Muslim groups in other states, most notably California. (See a U.S.
Department of State article.)
Contact executive director Manal El-Hrisse at 708-974-4472 or manal@theumaa.org
and president Dr. Fabri Samirah at 708-974-4472 or fabri@theumaa.org.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• The
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Dallas-Fort Worth chapter co-hosted a Muslim voter registration drive in
Texas Stadium in June. Contact Dr. Inayat Lalani at 214-636-6525.
• The American Muslim Council
has a new chapter in Salt Lake City. Call the national office at 202-789-2262.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
•
Suhail Khan is a Muslim and policy director for Republican Senator Tom Campbell
in California.
• Helal Omeira
is executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in
northern California. Contact 408-986-9874; Hussam Ayloush is the director of
the CAIR chapter in
southern California. Contact 714-776-1847.
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