Local media has reported on continuing efforts by the Muslim American Society to register new immigrants. According to the report:
Local groups, from the Muslim American Society of Boston to Centro Presente of Somerville, are holding events to get immigrants even more involved. Over the past year, the society has registered more than 4,200 new voters, largely immigrants, hoping to reverse a tide of anti-Muslim sentiment and to influence government policies that affect them, from immigration laws to homeland security. A recent candidate night attracted 150 people, said Bilal Kaleem, the society’s executive director.
The Muslim American Society itself (MAS) was established in 1993 by leaders of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and a Chicago Tribune investigation has revealed it’s close ties to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The MAs has been more prominent than other U.S. Muslim Brotherhood groups with respect to electoral politics and in the past has conducted other registration drives, made Presidential endorsements, and held numerous events related to national and local elections.