Hi! Thanks for the question.
I have found articles which reference to documents that show the
political concerns of Muslims as regards to domestic issues and
foreign policy. I will provide snippets from articles that directly
answer your question but I highly recommend that you read them in
their entirety to get a better coverage.
In a large survey of US Muslims done after the Sept. 11 attacks, the
following results were gathered.
“Fifty-eight percent of Muslims surveyed approved of President Bush’s
handling of the attacks, while 51 percent approved of the current
military campaign in Afghanistan. Seventy-nine percent, however, felt
that American foreign policy in the Middle East had led to the
attacks, and two-thirds responded that the best way to fight terrorism
would be to change those policies. Just over half of the respondents
reported that Muslim individuals or organizations had been targets of
discrimination since Sept. 11.”
“The polling also painted the first comprehensive picture of Muslim
political and social life in America. Forty percent of Muslims
identified themselves as Democrats, 23 percent as Republicans and 28
percent as independents. While a vast majority supported extensive
government involvement in issues such as health care or poverty, most
Muslims adopted more conservative views on social questions, generally
supporting the death penalty (68 percent), opposing gay marriage (71
percent) and opposing easy access to abortions (57 percent).”
“With regard to foreign policy, 84 percent thought the U.S. should
support a Palestinian state, and 70 percent felt the U.S. should
reduce its financial support to Israel. About six in ten also thought
the U.S. should cut back support for Muslim governments that were not
democratic.”
“Poll Reveals Political Viewpoints of U.S. Muslims”
By Rebecca Regan-Sachs
Hoya Staff Writer
http://www.thehoya.com/news/011102/news8.cfm
If you want access to the details of the poll results, you could find
it in our next link.
“American Muslim Poll – Nov/Dec 2001
http://www.projectmaps.com/PMReport.htm
In a more up to date discussion of issues, the Muslim Student
Association published a paper of different domestic issues that an
American Muslim must have in mind during this year’s US elections.
Pages 7 and 9 to 11 are the ones that answer our query. The document
is in PDF file so you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.
In case you haven’t installed it yet here is a link so you could
download The Adobe Acrobat Reader
(http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).
“The Muslim electorate in the United States over the past years and
decades has tended to gravitate around the following four issues:”
1) foreign policy,
2) immigration,
3) racial profiling, and
4) secret evidence laws.
The article also mentions the following local issues as of concern to
Muslims. It also provides the reasons for each of them.
1. Abortion
2. Business
3. Campaign Finance
4. Education – School Policies
5. Health Care
6. Welfare, Poverty, and Homelessness:
7. Gay Rights
8. Gun Control
9. Social Security
10. Surplus
11. Worker’s Rights
“The Muslim Voter’s Guide to the November Elections”
http://www.msa-natl.org/docs/elections_guide.pdf
Other domestic issues and concerns include:
12. “Racial Profiling”
http://www.ipoll.us/issues/iss.php?pid=2
13. “Immigration”
http://www.ipoll.us/issues/iss.php?pid=3
14. Repressive acts against Muslims in the US”
http://www.ipoll.us/issues/iss.php?pid=40
Currently, the most hotly debated foreign issues directly concerning
US Muslims are the following:
1. Iraq War
“ATTACKING IRAQ / background”
http://www.ipoll.us/issues/iss.php?pid=35
2. The Saudi Arabia Smear Campaign
“Saudi Arabia / background”
http://www.ipoll.us/issues/iss.php?pid=47
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