Why the 2022 Election was Historic for Muslim Women’s Representation [The 19th]
A record number of Muslim women ran for office in 2022 — and they won. The election cycle made history with 153 Muslim candidates on the general ballot, per a report released by Jetpac Resource Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Sixty-one percent of Muslim women candidates won, compared with 56 percent of Muslim men. Mauree Turner, the only nonbinary Muslim in the midterm elections, won a second term in the Oklahoma legislature. It’s a notable shift in a country with a deep history of Islamophobia.
Sahar Aziz, professor… Continue reading “Why the 2022 Election was Historic for Muslim Women’s Representation [The 19th]”