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A newly surfaced speech from a major Muslim political organizer in California is raising eyebrows, not for voter turnout efforts but for the explicit political goals laid out.In his own words, the plan is to:👉"Activate California Muslims so we can shape the rest of the country.”👉Build a network of activists at every mosque.”👉Ensure every elected official engages with the Muslim community.👉Get more American Muslims to run for office, we need you to run.”He even frames political organizing as a religious obligation:👇👇👇👇👇👇"🔻We will build a network of activists at every masjid every mosque, to ensure that every eligible Muslim, every eligible person, is registered to vote. 🔻That every elected official at every level engages with the Muslim community. 👹That more American Muslims run for office.👹And we want to make sure that we activate California Muslims so we can shape the rest of the countrybecause we can shape California. 👹We need you to run for office. And I want to salute the dozens and dozens of American Muslims who had the courage and the commitment and the resolve to run for office. 👹Dozens of them won, others did not. 🤬They will win next time. 👹What Allah promises is guaranteed 100%. 👹So Allah is saying, I'm going to give you victory, but there's one part on your part. 👹You have to stand by Allah. 👹So ask yourself, as I ask myself, for victory to come.👉There is a need for a critical mass of Muslims to make victory for Allah👹to stand by Allah👹to stand by the people of Allah. 🤔How many phone calls have you made?😈How many protests have you tried to attend?😈Have you met or called your elected officials, your member of Congress? 😈Have you gone to call the White House? 👹Have you joined the efforts, the political efforts happening in every city to organize the Muslim votes as we deal with elections? 👹Ask yourself, where am I in the equation?👹Because until there is a critical mass, Allah is withholding what he has promised us, because we haven't fulfilled our part of the deal.🔻Many more are running this year around the country, including many who are running in our own area. 😈Al Jabbar😈Faisal Gill😈Fauzia Rizvi😈Farrah Khan, the current mayor of Irvine. 😈Ali Taj, Irvine—what did I say? Anaheim, sorry. 😈Al Jabbar is running for City Council in Anaheim. 😈Farrah Khan for Irvine, of course. 😈Mahmoud Saifi in Redlands😈Dr. Asif Mahmud running for Congress😈Fatima Iqbal-Zubair in LA for Assemblyand many others.👉But as important as running is, it is equally important to build the power of the grassroots at the grassroots level. 👹This year, we've established the Muslim Community Action Network.👹We know it as MCAN, which aims to train activists as community organizers who can inform 🔻mobilize their local community🔻set up candidate forums🔻engage with local politicians 🔻advocate for local, state, and national issues of importance to our community."