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They say everything is bigger in Texas. American Muslims proved that maxim again last Sunday when they held a \u201cMuslim Ballot Box Barbeque<\/a>\u201d in order to register American Muslims to vote, and 7,000 Muslims responded by packing Irving\u2019s Texas Stadium, with local politicians vying for votes not far behind. Organizers managed to collect 5,000 completed voter registration cards, which will be added to a database of Muslim voters<\/a>, many of whom have been motivated by the events of 9\/11 to assert themselves as a positive force in American political life. \u201cNews is being made now by extremists,\u201d said event organizer Moazam Syed. \u201cThe moderates have not been given a stage. This is the attempt to give them a stage.\u201d 35 Democrats, five Republicans and six independents either attended or sent representatives, with speakers standing in front of a large banner<\/a> that read: \u201cI am Muslim. I am American. I vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n

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