Despite the extent of anti-Muslim rhetoric in Election 2008, candidates who embraced these methods failed to get elected and Muslim-Americans were galvanized to take control of their own political destiny.

The fact that up to 10% of voters still believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim (despite the Rev. Wright debacle and over a year of clarifications in the media) or “an Arab” underscores just how embedded the idea is that Muslims are still alien to all that America stands for.

We’re looking for submissions of articles and commentary for a new gender-focused online magazine that we’re looking to launch soon, in partnership with some of the nation’s leading Muslim American women activists.

It is upsetting that speakers at the RNC feel they need to resort to declarations of war to get Republicans elected, and saddening that they are oblivious to the very real damage the cause to decent Muslim American citizens.