http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/11/04/cover.htm

http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/12/02/history.htm

What do you think?

The American Muslim Task Force on Civil Rights and Elections released a poll today of over 600 Muslims from more than 10 states, including Florida and Pennsylvania, and it revealed that 89 percent of respondents voted for Obama, while only 2 percent voted for McCain. It also indicated that 95 percent of Muslims polled cast a ballot in this year’s presidential election—the highest turnout in a U.S. election ever—and 14 percent of those were first-time voters. The Gallup Center for Muslim studies estimates that U.S. Muslims favored Obama in greater numbers than did Hispanics (67 percent of whom voted for Obama) and nearly matched that of African-Americans, 93 percent of whom voted for Obama.

I hope he knows that South Asian and LGBT are not mutually exclusive.

If by “he” you mean Parag, I can promise you he knows that. I know him IRL. He’s good peeps. Hell, he’s great.

Wow so young. Funny that he says he is reaching out to American Asians, Pacific Islanders…and lesbians and gays lol.

Why is that funny? Just curious.

I hope he knows that South Asian and LGBT are not mutually exclusive.

First, this is an American centered blog and we write distinctly about the the hyphenated American stories, not those of the South Asian motherland. And I DO write about Bangladeshi-American issues, and I DO write about Muslim issues. Remember this? Or this? Or this? Or this? You can type in Taz into the search option and you’ll see that all I DO is try to bring stories of Islam and Bangladeshis (as well as stories on race, punks, and voting) into the mainstream dialogue here.

But with regards to the original question – I didn’t highlight any South Asian Muslims IN THIS PIECE because there have not been ANY Muslims, regardless of race, incorporated into the transition team. Trust me, I looked. The Muslim blogging world is tip toeing around this gently – The Rahm nomination as well as having Shah on the transition team does not give the perception of a Muslim friendly president-elect. But we know that Congressman Keith Ellison is tight with Obama, so I think as Muslims we are just kinda waiting to see what happens with the transition team.

As a South Asian Muslim in politics, I have rarely come across another. If I did, I’d blog about it.