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In the four years since the last election, the 3 million strong American Muslim voters have come of age as citizens of this great nation. Now they understand better what it means to be a minority. Earlier fancy notions of themselves as a ossible doing so. It is our dual American and Islamic duty.<\/p>\n

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Salam Al-Marayati is the executive director and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Muslim Public Affairs Council<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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