Hyderabad, Nov. 6 -- Abdul El-Sayed, a 42-year-old physician and the son of Egyptian immigrants, has made history as the first Muslim elected to the United States Senate after winning Michigan's open seat. His victory comes almost exactly a year after Zohran Mamdani won the race for mayor of New York City.

Muslims make up roughly 1 per cent of the American population, yet they have been winning public office in growing numbers. Keith Ellison became the first Muslim in Congress in 2006 and Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib widened the door in 2018 as the first Muslim women to get there. This would have been unimaginable in the aftermath of 9/11, when some Muslims were changing their names and getting rid of anything that identified their faith...