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By: Voting for Obama, Voting Because it’s Incumbent Upon Muslims | NEWYORKUSTAN: American Muslim Series

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:48:27 +0000

[…] percent of eligible voters in the U.S. did not vote in the 2008 presidential election and that the discussion still looms large in the Muslim community about whether we should vote at all, are both a crying […]

By: Voting for Obama, Voting Because it’s Incumbent Upon Muslims

Voting for Obama, Voting Because it’s Incumbent Upon Muslims — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:16:53 +0000

By: jysd

jysd — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:47:25 +0000

In reply to theManOfFewWords. wow a very good page about voting. im very proud for the person who wrote this.

By: Fatima

Fatima — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:19:29 +0000

A detailed refutation appears below:

http://votinghalalorharam.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-vote-or-not-to-vote.html

By: Nida

Nida — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:03:40 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum!! Well, I am a freshmen in College and today, one of my friends and I were having this same argument!! I believe it is haraam NOT to vote. People who say that voting makes no difference are SO WRONG!! With what is happening today in Gaza, we can only blame ourselves. Why don’t the Muslims have any power in the world?? It’s because we don’t step up and try to change things. voting is only the first step, but it is a required step. We cannot hold our senators and president, etc. accountable for any actions they do in office unless we voted for the them. My friend, who believes voting is haraam, was telling me that she thought there was alternatives, one of which was to call senators and ask them to do something about the situation in Gaza. But the problem is, if we are not going to become a major block in the voting count, it won’t matter that we want the situation to be helped. We need to become a united hand in order for the people to care about what we think!! We cannot expect anything unless we give something in return. We are living in this counrty, which means we go by the laws of this country. If we think that voting is haraam b/c it shows support for a gov’t that is man-made (rather than from Allah SWT himself) then we should not be living in this country at ALL!!!
Thank You
Salaam

By: Thought Merchant

Thought Merchant — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:26:54 +0000

I think it is the epitome of ignorance for Muslims to live in a foreign land and have no say in the nature of who runs the affairs of the lives on a micro level thought Allah ta’la is the guardian of all things. Voting does not mean you prefer the kaffir system, its a means of chosing those in the kaffir system that we be the least threat to your Islam and the lives of the Muslim Ummah.

Frankly, I think Muslims who don’t have the right to vote in the Western world should stay out of this conversation.

Allahu-Alim!

May Allah forgive me for anything that I have said that is incorrect.

By: muslima

muslima — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:18:27 +0000

what is a “baller”

(sorry)

By: Questioner

Questioner — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:16:21 +0000

I agree with all your points and I would like to vote this year, especially for Obama. But after a decade of hearing how Allah alone can legislate, and this is an aspect of Tawheed, I have my doubts. Ayat like Innal hukmu illa lillah or the text about he who rules by other then what Allah has revealed is a Kafir, or Fasiq,etc – it makes me nervous to vote people who do not rule by Allahs law and in many cases execute or legislate things that contradic the shariah. How do we reconcile or address this issues?

JZK for any comments or clarification about this from a textual perspective?

By: VOTING IS HARAM! By Wasif Khan « Religion, Politics, & Medicine

VOTING IS HARAM! By Wasif Khan « Religion, Politics, & Medicine — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:13:17 +0000

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By: .mer

.mer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:24:24 +0000

freelance baller eh? LOL

Jazakallah Iman Suhaib and Wasif bhai for a good article..