Should We Bother Voting?; The Collective Power of a Community

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نشر بتاريخ Sep 18, 2021

- Discussing the upcoming election and voting on Monday
- Should we as Muslims bother participating in the voting process?
- Seeing the benefits of participation 6 years ago when we mobilized as a community across the country to engage in political involvement
- My message has always been to get involved and not be bystanders who only complain after the fact
- There are segments of the Muslim population who believe in isolation and that voting is religiously forbidden
- Living in a democratic system, our only choice is to get involved to lessen the impact of negative policies
- Strategies for involvement
- The impact of Muslim votes when voting together, and the power to change results of various ridings
- Looking at the related message of Imam Husayn, and his efforts to mobilize the people to take action and get involved in society's activities
- Revisiting various Islamophobia incidents across Canada, peoples reactions, and politicians actions as well
- Motion 103 in Parliament in 2017 to fight Islamophobia, and the resistance it faced on the floor

Friday Khutba
Date: September 17th, 2021

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