How to Lobby the US Congress
For American Muslims and Muslims world-wide against terrorism
The
Muslims as a people have to stop being complacent and join 100%
in the fight against International terrorism using democratic and
peaceful methods.
Aim:
Fight terrorism and violence against all, irrespective of the intimidation or
injustice
Methods-
Create a lobby to look after the interests of the American muslims and muslims worldwide – Take part in local and national politics, send our children to Congress also.
Get involved in local Politics, meet him and put forward your views, see how you can help him.
Stop Hollywood depicting muslims and brown–skinned races as terrorists.
Put forward the muslim views to the American people – challenge stations like CNN, create a Muslim media station
If the media deliberately puts forward anti-muslim ‘news’ and stirs up hatred leading to violence and even death than they should be held accountable and sued using the proper legal channels and constitutional rights.
Create strong alliances with other faiths (Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist).
Find a way to finance the lobby (the Jewish lobby is effective due to its extraordinary capacity and will to finance fully its lobbies).
Create alliance with other Peace organizations see - http://www.nonviolence.org
Create alliance with Civil liberties organizations as well as the Hispanic and Black communities.
Open Muslim charities,
schools and hospitals in America and worldwide.
Why is the Jewish Lobby is the most influential in Congress- Process factors which contribute to strong pro-Israel outputs are:
• The lobby’s success in clearly articulating its pro-Israel agenda as an integral component of the US national interest.·
• The ability to marshal the immense resources of the Jewish community and develop efficient organizational means to translate these resources into long-term power
• The lobby’s ability to pursue proactively the formulation of policy and respond quickly and effectively to new issues and crisis situations.
• The employment of large numbers of experienced, professional lobbyists, backed by the services of several think tanks engaging in policy research and analysis.
• The institution of ongoing programs to educate the mass base and prepare the next generation of leaders and supporters.
• The comprehensive drive to inform and influence general public opinion and neutralize any opposition.
Connecting with Congress is at the very heart of the Jewish lobby (AIPAC's) mission. AIPAC's professional staff and lay leaders conduct over 2,000 meetings each year with every member and prospective member of the House and Senate. AIPAC's true strength is rooted in its active membership, so please take a few minutes to contact your member of Congress to register your strong support for the U.S.-Israel relationship. Use the tools below to connect with your member of Congress:
see
also http://capwiz.com/aipac/home/
In the foreseeable future ethnic lobbies can be expected to play a growing role in American foreign policy-making. As long as the United States continues pursuing an intrusive role in global politics, ethnic lobbies will continue their attempts to influence the foreign policy behavior of the world’s sole superpower.
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