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USA election: some Muslims were elected

Back in August, I noted Ms Rashida Tlaib, a Muslim woman of Palistinian descent, had just won the primary contest to be the Democratic nominee for a Detroit based state seat.  In the elections held this week, she won that seat, polling 90 per cent to the Republican candidate’s 10 per cent, and in the [...]