‘A beautifully American story’: El-Sayed's historic Senate victory resonates with Muslim Americans

By JACQUELINE GaNUN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and DAVID CRARY DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Campaigning relentlessly across Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed didn’t highlight the possibility that he could become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. But with victory in hand , he savored his triumph over the vitriol aimed at him and his fellow Muslim Americans. “They tried to demonize people because of how they…