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American Muslims Social Media Response to Election Results

Lessons of hope and advice for moving forward.

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American Muslims Social Media Response to Election Results
Robert Nickelsberg

American Muslim leaders and activists inspired feelings of hope and action on social media to move forward as one country. While feelings of despair and anger were apparent, for many Muslim activists and leaders, it was a time to return to the remembrance of God. With hope, determination and absolute trust in God, Muslims analyzed this as a positive situation. They emphasized on the requirement of building communities and bridging gaps, learning from the life of the Prophet (saw) and assessing possibilities to unite as one nation under God.


Community Activist Linda Sarsour



Islamic Scholar Omar Suleiman


Director of Research at ISPU Dalia Mogahed


Imam Suhaib Webb


Social Entrepreneur and speaker Tarek El-Messidi


Associate Professor of Political Science LIU Brooklyn Dalia Fahmy



Islamic Scholar Yasir Qadhi


Islamic Scholar Hamza Yusuf


Associate Professor of Law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Khaled Beydoun


Executive Director of CAIR Chicago Ahmed Rehab


Co-founder and Director of Affinis Labs Shahed Amanullah




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