‘DO IT FOR GAZA!’ – Muslims will decide who’ll be the next US president

Alameen Templeton
It’s not often that Muslims in America get to decide who the next US president should be, but that’s what’s shaping up in the latest round of “Chose Your American Tyrant”.
Muslim voters who decide to participate in the United States election should delay going to the voting booths until the very last hours because, then, they can ensure their “X” has maximum impact.
The race is so tight in many swing states like Michigan that even pollsters are shying away from picking a likely winner. The two main contenders, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are running neck-and-neck in the approach to November 5 voting day and only a few percentage points separate them.
That means America’s “fringe” populations – Muslim, black and Hispanic voters – have a unique chance to supercharge the impact of their votes by holding off until the last moments of the election.
As the last hours dawn, media coverage of the vote counting is able to provide detailed, up-to-the-minute results which will show exactly where the Muslim vote can punch above its weight.
A date with destiny
So, acting in a coordinated fashion, a rare chance is looming for Muslim voters to be the group to decide who the winner will be.
It’s not often Muslim Americans are asked by fate to decide who should be the next president of America.
Still, it’s a measure of the country that, no matter the choice, it will still be bad for Muslims. Both candidates remain gung-ho on Gaza genocide and handing Israel any weapons it asks for, no matter the circumstances.
As Markaz Sahaba reported earlier “a survey by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has found “the majority” of Muslim voters had decided against voting either for Trump or Harris.
“Twenty nine percent said they’d vote for Independent Candidate Jill Stein in November.
“That leaves about 70% of them in election limbo. They can either spoil their votes or chose the candidate from either of the two main parties that they think will do the least damage.
“It’s like asking a dancing rhinoceros to pirouette on a pinhead – the outcome’s benefit is doubtful and the performance destiny is disaster.
“Stein, who is Jewish, appears to be going all-out to win the hearts of the Muslim ‘undecideds’, telling Middle East Eye: “We’re grateful for the strong support of Muslim voters who share with us an ironclad determination to end genocide in Gaza, as well as the endless wars in the Middle East, and the discrimination and injustice faced by our Muslim neighbours, immigrants and refugees.
‘The moral imperative’
“‘We urge all people of conscience to resist the propaganda telling you to hold your nose and vote for genocide. If you vote for genocide, you are actively consenting to it and enabling it. Don’t let them talk you out of your humanity. Stopping genocide is the moral imperative of our time.’
“With her Jewish roots, some Muslim voters may harbour concerns Stein could be a ‘Trojan horse’ candidate whose origins may overwhelm her conscience at some uncertain, future date.
But, an uncertain future is better than an ongoing genocide, right?
“Harris has stomped her foot down on Muslim hopes, declaring her iron-clad support for Israel and an unflinching disregard for the Palestinian holocaust.
“But the systemic prejudices streamlining down the wormhole of moral jeopardy that is the election supercycle are herding fears and categorising diminishing choices to a precise pinprick, a suspect lineup of ethical turpitude.
Barrel of a gun
“So, another 29% of Muslim voters say they’ll line up like cattle at a slaughterhouse to vote for Harris and continuing genocide.
“That leaves another 22% staring down the barrel of a gun. They’re split down the middle – 11% say they’ll vote for Trump. Their thinking is Harris is a genocide definite; Trump has a wildcard potential, a Joker’s turn, a blond ambition laced with taciturn churlishness that often sees him rampaging down corridors no one expected or foresaw.
“So, he’s crazy. And voter choices are so circumscribed by superpac meddling that ‘crazy’, for some, is about the only logical choice out there.
“That leaves another 11% of ‘undecideds’ who will probably just scribble in despair on their voter sheets with their eyes closed or they’ll stay away completely.
“But the election is so close, with just marginal points between Trump and Harris that even that last 11%’s choices on the day could be the deciding factor in the final count.
“Don’t be surprise if Trump and Harris suddenly take to hugging Muslims or praising warm relations with some, arbitrary Muslim country – cheap election tricks that mean nothing and go nowhere – to try and tip the scales come voting day.”

The bitter irony of the this election is that Americans’ refusal to consider alternative ideas has taken away their ability to decide who’ll be their next boss; their lack of democratic spirit has rendered them inert in their own election, their own back yard.