Bumped by PD.
Alhamdulilah (praise be to Allah) that despite the attempts of the LOBBY and its right-wing allies to increase Islamophobia and to exclude Muslims from the political landscape, they were unable, yet again, to stop the tide of qualified, educated, and politically savvy Muslims into positions of authority in this country.
Indiana voters on Tuesday elected a Muslim to Congress, only the second of that faith chosen in U.S. history. [Source] Keith Ellison, the other Muslim congressman, now has company, hopefully an ally! Interestingly, despite all the boohoo about immigrant Muslims "controlling all", both Muslim congressmen are black, and to be honest it wouldn't make a difference to me what their race or color was. I am JUST happy they are MUSLIMS.
Andre Carson describes himself as an "Orthodox, universal, secular Muslim". Okay, I have no idea what that means. His wife is Muslim too, and this article is a nice politics-free overview of Carson's faith.
So, As-salam-alaikum Br. Carson. I hope that in your position of authority, you will work to make your fellow congressmen aware of the Islamophobia taking over this country, to help programs that eradicate poverty, to work on projects that will provide healthcare to all citizens, not just to the rich, to improve America's foreign policies, and if possible to help fix/kill the archaic AMT system (hey, a little selfish request can't do that much harm!).