Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race to become first Muslim US senator

Democrat defeats Mike Rogers in race marked by Islamophobic attacks from Trump and Republican alliesAbdul El-Sayed, the doctor and progressive insurgent, has made history in winning the closely watched US Senate race in Michigan, defeating the Republican Mike Rogers and becoming the country’s first Muslim senator.El-Sayed’s victory adds to a decisive Democratic majority in the Senate after the party wrested…