{"id":268,"date":"2012-11-04T21:04:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T04:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/?p=268"},"modified":"2012-11-04T21:04:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T04:04:37","slug":"get-out-and-vote-on-november-6-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/get-out-and-vote-on-november-6-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Out and Vote on November 6, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assalamu\u2019alaykum<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_416\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_415\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_511\">\u00a0Dear Pittsburgh community,<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_414\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_413\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_513\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_516\"><strong id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_515\"><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_514\" style=\"font-size: large;\">Be part of more than the 80% registered Muslim voters in the US who will, insya Allah, vote on November 6, 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_517\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_412\">CAIR\u00a0Pittsburgh would like to remind registered Muslim voters in the community to go to the polls on this\u00a0<strong>Tuesday November 6, 2012<\/strong>\u00a0to vote. Please remember that voters in the state of PA\u00a0<strong id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_537\">might be<\/strong>\u00a0asked to show photo ID, but there is\u00a0<strong>NO REQUIREMENT<\/strong>\u00a0to show it. Also, please remember to remind friends, colleagues, relatives to go to vote on that day.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_518\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_536\">Find out your registration status and your polling location in this website;\u00a0<a id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_419\" href=\"http:\/\/www.votespa.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.votespa.com<\/a>\u00a0Select your category and click the Go button to find out more information relevant to your case.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_544\"><\/div>\n<div>The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released the detailed data from a recent survey indicating that 91 percent of registered Muslim voters will go to the polls on November 6 (please click here for<a id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_420\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cair.com\/Portals\/0\/pdf\/Muslim_Voter_Survey_2012.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0the full article<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/ArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=777&amp;&amp;ArticleID=26992&amp;&amp;name=n&amp;&amp;currPage=1\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the summary<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_545\">We believe it is essential that American Muslims participate in the nation\u2019s democratic process. There are many ways to do this; one of the simplest and\u00a0most critical is voting in national and local elections. Civic participation, especially voting, is a citizenship right. It is our duty to give our leaders sincere advice.\u00a0We should support public officials who prove themselves trustworthy and a benefit to the nation.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_546\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_547\">Islam\u2019s message is comprehensive, encompassing all aspects of life. Inaction, or worse cynicism, denies this. Good Islamic character compels us to care for others and show concern for their problems. Faith should compel us to act in ways that benefit all people. If you are not present as a voter to give your opinions, others will do so for you. As American Muslims it is vital that we actively participate in our nation\u2019s democratic process.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_548\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_549\">We look forward to seeing the wonderful turnout of our community. We can make a difference one vote at a time.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_550\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_551\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_552\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_554\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_6_1352083568153_553\" src=\"http:\/\/us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com\/ya\/download?mid=2%5f0%5f0%5f1%5f27937780%5fAN5SimIAAUMKUJbegQMojFIKXxU&amp;pid=2&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1&amp;appid=YahooMailNeo\" alt=\"Inline image 1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assalamu\u2019alaykum \u00a0Dear Pittsburgh community, Be part of more than the 80% registered Muslim voters in the US who will, insya Allah, vote on November 6, 2012.\u00a0 CAIR\u00a0Pittsburgh would like to remind registered Muslim voters in the community to go to the polls on this\u00a0Tuesday November 6, 2012\u00a0to vote. Please remember [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}