The headlines focused on Democratic victories in this month’s elections. But it was also a day on which Muslim Americans scored some of their first electoral successes. Muslims were elected to judicial posts in Dearborn Heights and Wayne County. And in Minnesota, Detroit-born Keith Ellison became the first Muslim elected to Congress. How significant is this? Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry spoke with Imad Hamad the regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
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