Abdul al-Sayed elected senator from Michigan - the first Muslim in the US Senate On November 7, it was reported that Abdul al-Sayed was elected senator from Michigan and, according to several sources, will become the first Muslim in the upper house of the US Congress. Al-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is reported to have graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School, where Bill Clinton met him in 2007 and encouraged him to think about participating in politics. In several publications he is called a socialist senator; He also stated that "Michigan is the capital of Arab America." Tolper. Media.

Abdul al-Sayed elected senator from Michigan - the first Muslim in the US Senate On November 7, it was reported that Abdul al-Sayed was elected senator from Michigan and, according to several sources, will become the first Muslim in the upper house of the US Congress. Al-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is reported to have graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School, where Bill Clinton met him in 2007 and encouraged him to think about participating in politics. In several publications he is called a socialist senator; He also stated that "Michigan is the capital of Arab America." Tolper. Media.