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3 Thul-Hijjah 1433 - 1 Muharram 1434 A.H. | www.MuslimLinkPaper.com
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October 19st 2012 - November 15th 2012
American Muslims and the 2012 Election By Hena Zuberi Muslim Link Staff Reporter
At the CAIR Leadership conference on September 29, 2012, a significant section was devoted to the Muslim Vote. The forum’s panelists included Shireen Zaman, executive director of Institute of Social Policy (ISP); Abed Ayoub, Legal Director of the Anti-Arab Discrimination Committee (ADC); and Todd Gallinger, Director of Chapter Development at Council on Islamic Arab Relations (CAIR). The panelists emphasized the
ELECTION 2012
Understanding the Election Process | pg 12 Libertarian Muslim Vies for MD US Senate Seat | pg 13 Advocacy Groups to Mobilize Voter Protection Units | pg 14
need for American Muslim organizations to use the information provided to improve awareness within their communities. They stressed that continued civic engagement is important.
The ISPU reports studied existing poll data Zogby, Gallup, MAPS from 20022010 and has released these findings. Muslims in America are politically involved;70
percent of them pay attention to politics most or some of the time. 86 percent said that it is important for them to
Looking at the Questions on the Maryland Ballot | pg 15
>> election Pg 25
Adventure Seekers Plummet to Earth | pg 4
Dar-us-Salaam Applies for Zoning, Launches $10M Fundraising Campaign for New Campus By Muslim Link Staff Dar-us-Salaam's plan to purchase and develop a 66acre former Catholic school campus as their new home is well underway, with engineering studies and a $10 million fundraising campaign running in parallel.
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Announced this past Ramadan, the Howard County, Maryland property is “under contract”; Dar-usSalaam does not yet own the property but has committed to purchasing it provided they receive zoning approvals from Howard County within The conceptual plan of Dar-us-Salaam's future education and community campus.
>> zoning Pg 21
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Activist Launches Marriage Counseling Service | pg 6 ISLAM: The Effects of Domestic Violence | pg 20 CIVIL: Intelligence Effort Named Citizens, Not Terrorists | pg 18 The Muslim Link
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