From Congress to local legislatures and school boards — US Muslimswho disagree with the policies of President Donald trump, massively running for various elective posts in the country.
This surge of activity has not been since 2001, after the September 11 attacks.
However, observers say political scientists, as the path to victory for the American Muslims can be complicated because of the strong anti-Islamic sentiments in the society.
For example, in Rochester (state of Minnesota) the candidate in mayors of Regina Mustafa , said that she was threatened several times in social networks due to the fact that she is a Muslim. In Arizona Senate candidate Deedra Abboud also received a stream of Islamophobic statements on Facebook.
Initially, in this election year, there were 90 Muslim Americanswho have decided to run for the different levels of government. This, as we have noted, an unprecedented number since 2001.
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«The recent primaries have reduced the number to 50, but it’s still much higher than the data of 2016 (approximately 12 people),» says Sean Kennedy , co — founder of Jetpac, a nonprofit organization in Massachusetts that helps educate Muslim candidates.
According to experts, a great chance to win American Muslims have in Michigan: here is one of the largest Arab Diaspora in the country.
We will remind, in Brooklyn arrange beach days for Muslims and Jews.
