Abdul El-Sayed did not have to become less Muslim to win

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Messages popped up on my WhatsApp account from New York, Gaza, Pakistan and Australia. Friends and colleagues were following Michigan’s Senate race, talking excitedly about Abdul El-Sayed. As the results from Wayne County sealed his victory on Tuesday, I felt something I had rarely felt before in American politics: not a muted relief that someone had lost but genuine joy and hope that someone had won. El-Sayed, a physician and former Detroit health director, defeated Republican Mike Rogers . He will be the first Muslim ever elected to the United States Senate. As a Muslim American from Michigan, this hit home.