United States: Muslim Americans Urge Community Members to Vote in Upcoming Election.

Section: General News - Representatives Keith Ellison from Minnesota and Andre Carson from Indiana are currently the only Muslim American members of Congress. But they represent a growing segment of the U.S. population that is often in the spotlight as a result of racial profiling and religious intolerance.

In an effort to seek better representation in Washington, many Muslim American communities across the country are organizing voting drives to ensure those that can vote, have their voices heard in the upcoming midtern elections.

It is a cool and unusually windy evening in the suburban Chicago community of Bridgeview.

Not far from the local mosque, which …