Earlier this month the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) held its annual convention in Dearborn, Michigan.
Participants say that the first and loudest standing ovation of the event occurred after author and activist Susan Abulhawa encouraged the crowd to vote for Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein.
“I am asking you to have enough self-respect to not go and vote for the Democratic party,” she told the crowd.
The reaction to Abulhawa’s comments shouldn’t be surprising to anyone who has followed polling on the issue.
An August report put out by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Stein essentially tied among Muslim voters, with 29.4% of American Muslims saying they plan to vote for the Vice President 29.1% saying they would vote for Stein. The poll surveyed over 1,000 Muslims between August 25-27, after Harris accepted her party’s nomination….more