March 8th, 20240By Selen Ozturk
At a Feb. 22 briefing held by Houston Ethnic Media, AJ Durrani — treasurer of Emgage Texas and the first Muslim American to serve on the Democratic National Committee — highlighted record national and state-level increases in the Muslim vote, and its impact in light of the 2024 elections.
Expanding the Muslim...
October 28th, 20222- Muzammil Ahmed serves on the boards of Emgage MI, CAIR MI and is the former chair of the Michigan Muslim Community Council. The opinions expressed are his own.
When the Muslim community and the progressive forces came together after 9/11, it was a marriage of convenience. Arabs and Muslims needed to be loved and the Progressives...
July 15th, 20220— Rex Nazarko is a staffer with the Emgage Michigan team
This past June, our team at Emgage and our allies came together in a celebratory event on Capitol Hill to honor and inspire Muslim American civic engagement. As our event was about to begin, we encountered heightened security measures on the Hill, which brought about...
May 5th, 20220WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, May 2, President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden hosted a reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the White House.
The reception welcomed Muslim community members from across the country, including from Michigan, like U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Wayne County Commissioner Sam...
October 8th, 20210DEARBORN — With the general elections less than one month away, local political organizations have started announcing their endorsements.
While some organizations haven't finished announcing their endorsements, others have already announced.
Advocates of the Change for Tomorrow Political Action Committee (ACTPAC) have a formal...
August 13th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — National civil rights groups have condemned the recent actions of a group of Republican senators who are "concerned" by a Biden administration Muslim nominee over his membership in an organization they say has demonstrated "anti-Israel" prejudice.
On Wednesday, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,...
January 20th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden followed through with some of his big sweeping day-one promises, shortly after his inauguration as president on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
President Biden signed 15 executive actions, including ending the travel ban put in place by former President Trump on people from a list of Muslim-majority countries....
October 4th, 20201When it comes to choosing between Joe Biden or Donald Trump, and their approaches to the American Muslim community, it’s not even close.
The Biden campaign has demonstrated a strong commitment to American Muslim communities, causes, and concerns. The vice president and Dr. Jill Biden have spoken to our audiences and institutions,...
September 16th, 20200LANSING — Governor Whitmer took time to discuss the upcoming Nov. 3 general elections at her weekly COVID-19 live address from Lansing on Wednesday. Joining her were the state’s health chief, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Benson appeared confident in the state’s ability to get through a...
July 20th, 20200WASHINGTON D.C. — Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden spoke at an online event hosted by Emgage Action, a national organization that promotes Muslim civic engagement, on Monday, where he promised to engage with the concerns of Muslim voters seriously.
"I’ll be a president who seeks out and listens to and incorporates the...
April 23rd, 20201WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the immensely popular children's television show SpongeBob SquarePants brought a smile and message of love and peace to Muslims across the globe with a social media post depicting the show's main characters wishing audiences "Ramadan Mubarak." Muslims everywhere, including high-profile Muslim figures,...
April 16th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — Emgage PAC, the first and largest Muslim American federal policial action committee, announced Thursday that it is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden for president. The PAC is the support and endorsement arm of Emgage, a well known organization working to promote Muslim American civil engagement, that has...
January 16th, 20200BROOMFIELD HILLS - This weekend, Emgage, an influential Muslim advocacy organization with national headquarters in Washington, D.C, and five state chapters (Florida, Michigan, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania), will present "The Impacts of the Muslim Vote."
The event will feature as special guest speaker U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib...
October 8th, 20180DEARBORN — With the deadline for voter registration coming up on Tuesday Oct. 9, political action committees and nonprofits are working to increase voter education and awareness in Michigan, especially in Arab, Muslim and other minority communities.
Muzammil Ahmed, who sits on the executive board of the Michigan Muslim Community...
September 22nd, 20180DEARBORN — On Thursday, Sept. 20, Emgage, an organization which encourages muslim Americans to engage in local and national politics, hosted a town hall meeting at the Arab American National Museum’s Annex to educate the community on gerrymandering.
Voters Not Politicians, a nonpartisan group working to pass Proposal 2 on...
September 8th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous vote an anti-hate crime bill (S. 994), protecting religiously affiliated institutions.
This legislation amends the federal criminal code and increases the penalty — a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both— for intentionally threatening or destroying...
August 3rd, 20180DEARBORN — Organizers at Sunday’s My Muslim Vote rally held outside the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn encouraged the Muslim community to participate in local and state elections.
Nada Al-Hanooti, executive director of the Michigan chapter of Emgage, an organization that encourages Muslims to vote and was a...
