Virginia voters.....you must stop this!





ELECTION 2006
Virginia Muslims supporting Democrats
PAC likes party stand on immigration, civil liberties

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Posted: October 22, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

[Muslims in Virginia are organizing for participation in next month's elections – with one political action committee urging support for Democrats.


Mukit Hossain

Mukit Hossain, president of the Virginia Muslim Political Action Committee, said his group believes there are 60,000 registered Muslim voters in the state and he is working to mobilize voters to get out and vote Democratic.

Population estimates show Virginia's Muslim population at about 300,000. Most reside in Northern Virginia.

"I think we can make sizeable impacts," Hossain said. "I think we made a difference in the gubernatorial race" between Tim Kaine and Jerry Kilgore. The group supported Kaine, the winner of the race by just more than 113,000 votes.

Hossain said the group does not have a political affiliation and attempts to be nonpartisan. He said the PAC is endorsing Webb and the Democratic House candidates in Northern Virginia based on their views on civil liberties, human rights, immigration, foreign policy, health care and education.


One issue especially important to the group was local enforcement of federal immigration laws. The Herndon Town Council's decision to train local police to enforce these laws was especially troubling, Hossain said.

"That's the sort of mechanism we believe would be extremely dangerous for the Muslim community," he told the Washington Examiner. "You are handing over a degree of power that is not necessarily warranted and can be abused, especially given the skimpy training [Herndon police] are going to receive."

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