More than half of all Muslim-American candidates for public office who ran in the general election won their races. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Jetpac and MPower Change said of the 110 Muslim-Americans who ran for a variety of posts, 57 emerged or are projected to emerge victorious following the Nov. 3 general election. The individuals ran in competitions that spanned 24 states and Washington, D.C., and the number of Muslim candidates in the election is the highest the groups have tracked since 2016. Of the 57 victors, seven made history as the first Muslims elected to their respective state offices. It is noteworthy that the United States House of Representatives has 435 seats and the Senate has 100 seats. Mohammed Missouri, executive director of Jetpa...

After years of delays caused by the red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshippers on Friday, the Associated Press reported. Thousands of Muslims from Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh live in Athens but the city has not had a formal mosque since it forced Ottomans to leave nearly 200 years ago. The Plans to build a mosque in Athens began in 1890 but it took decades for them to materialize due to opposition from a predominantly Christian Orthodox population and nationalists but most recently a decade-long financial crisis. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, only a limited number of worshippers, wearing masks and sitting at a distance from each other due to COVID...