The executive director for the Council on American Islamic Relations opened up about the organization’s vision for changing Congress during the group’s recent gala in Washington, D.C.

“A strong CAIR equals a strong community,” said CAIR’s executive director Nihad Awad, reports The Investigative Project on Terrorism. “A strong community will produce a strong and confident and successful Muslim … So I’m telling you tonight we are going to work in the next years, inshallah (God willing], to elect at least 30 Muslims in the Congress. This number is equivalent to our size and our potential as American Muslims. Including at least two [U.S.] senator Muslims.”