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Sep 2024
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Why US Muslims are Abandoning Harris wit...

MUHAMMAD JALAL
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The ongoing slaughter in Gaza and now the carpet bombing of Lebanon has at its backdrop the US elections. Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have clearly stated their intentions to back Israel, and it is hard sometimes to place a cigarette paper between them.


So how should American Muslims respond to the genocide. Should they abandon Harris? I am planning to visit the US very soon inshallah and will be meeting with American Muslim leaders and others as I attempt to piece together an answer to these crucial questions. But to begin the conversation, I have invited back onto the show Sami Hamdi to share his thoughts.


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0:00 – Introduction

03:00 Is there a Harris bounce in the polls

07:06 If Harris loses, Zionism loses?

13:34 Why is AIPAC worried?

20:00 Shifting US public opinion

26:58 Muslims in swing states

30:01 Supporting Trump

38:19 Third-party candidates

48:21 Should we endorse Jill Stein

57:39 The lesser of the two evils

1:18:00 Are US Muslims ready for sacrifice

1:39:40 Non-Muslim allies


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