THis may be interesting to all contributors to this thread:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/23/americas_first_muslim_president
Allow me to summarize for everyone else.
OH NOES!!! TEH EVIL REPUBLICANS WILL DRIVE THE MUSLIM VOTE AWAY!!111!!
(Except for the fact that Obama got 90% of the muslim vote before this controversy where no one said anything bad about Muslims.)BUSH GOT 70% IN 2000 and Republicans have blown it all!!!!
/end summary
Of course, the article ignores the fact that Muslims had already defected in 2004 because "I think there has been a sense of betrayal, if you will, almost because of the way the Muslim community was treated since 9/11," Mukit Hossain, president of the Muslim American Political Action Committee, told FOXNews.com. "The government has effectively, contrary to what it says, targeted the whole community for the acts of a few criminals."
and:
The survey found that 53 percent of American Muslim voters think Muslims should vote as a bloc for a president; 81 percent also indicated that they support the agenda of the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections — a national coalition of the 10 largest Muslim organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslim Alliance of North America and Muslim American Society.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,135970,00.htmlRepublicans aren't getting the "Muslim vote" back so long as most Muslims support organizations that support terror. (i.e. CAIR)