The elected senator from the state of Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, announced this Thursday that he will take the oath of office on a Quran, thus becoming the first Muslim to join the Senate after defeating Republican Mike Rogers in last Tuesday's midterm elections.
"It really doesn't matter what your name is, it doesn't matter how you pray. The United States is big enough", expressed the Democratic Party member, who then took a jab at JD Vance pointing out the "delicious irony" that the vice president is "constitutionally obligated" to swear him in as senator.
"I will probably swear on the Quran. Which copy of the Quran, we are not sure yet. I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Quran; when Keith Ellison was sworn into Congress, he swore on that copy. The University of Michigan also holds the first Quran in the state of Michigan. It is very, very old. And that could be the choice, so I don't know. But I will swear on the Quran", the elected senator commented in a radio interview.
El-Sayed with his wife Sarah Jukaku.
El-Sayed also stated that the fact that a Muslim is swearing in for the first time in U.S. Senate history is more important for the country than for him personally. "It's less about what it means for me and more about what it means for the United States. Everyone has had the experience of being told they are less or feeling excluded, of not belonging," the far-left politician considered.
"I hope that when people see this, there is a sense that the United States really is big enough for everyone, right? It really doesn't matter what your name is, it doesn't matter how you pray. The United States is big enough," he added.
El-Sayed benefited from the "blue wave" that occurred last Tuesday in the midterm elections. Because of this, the 52.5% of the votes that the Muslim candidate garnered were enough to surpass Rogers and become the new senator of Michigan. Last Friday, at an event, El-Sayed declared that Michigan is the "capital of Arab America."
El-Sayed is an ally of the Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood.
