There is something profoundly wrong happening in American politics right now, and perhaps the most disturbing part is how ordinary we have allowed it to become.
Then again, much of American politics has devolved into rage, hate, and ignorance. We’ve come to expect that from MAGA. But one of the types of bigotry even the Democrats are at best ignoring and at worst participating in is hatred and discrimination toward Muslims.
Rampant anti-Muslim sentiment has been normalized during this election cycle — not merely in the fever swamps of the internet, but among elected officials, political operatives, and institutions that would recoil, correctly, from employing the same language about almost any other religious minority.
Muslim candidates are expected to answer for Muslims they have never met. Their names, families, religious practices, and associations become legitimate subjects of suspicion.
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has been subjected to a barrage of attacks, incl…
