{"id":23,"date":"2018-05-25T17:44:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T17:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2018\/05\/25\/the-blue-muslim-wave-american-muslims-launch\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:21:18","slug":"the-blue-muslim-wave-american-muslims-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/05\/25\/the-blue-muslim-wave-american-muslims-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The blue Muslim wave: American Muslims launch political campaigns, hope to deliver \u2018sweet justice\u2019 to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The call to action among American Muslims has yielded a diverse array of candidates. They include former Obama administration officials and longtime political activists, but also physicians and lawyers, women\u2019s rights advocates, a molecular biologist and a former Planned Parenthood manager.<\/p>\n

The flurry of candidacies makes for a lot of potential \u201cfirsts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asif Mahmood, a 56-year-old pulmonologist, would be the first Muslim insurance commissioner in California. Deedra Abboud, 45, in Arizona, or Jesse Sbaih, 42, in Nevada, could be the country\u2019s first Muslim senator.<\/p>\n

And any one of four Muslim women \u2014 Nadia Hashimi, 40, in Maryland; Sameena Mustafa, 47, in Illinois; or Fayrouz Saad, 34, and Rashida Tlaib, 41, in Michigan \u2014 could be the first in Congress.<\/p>\n

Muslim political activists and community leaders say they\u2019ve noticed more young Muslims showing up to political events ranging from legislative hearings and school board meetings to women\u2019s marches and civil rights rallies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The blue Muslim wave: American Muslims launch political campaigns, hope to deliver \u2018sweet justice\u2019 to Trump<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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