The election of five American Muslims to local office in the Bay Area on Nov. 6 is a sign that voters are ready for diverse leadership despite troubling increases in hate crimes nationwide, according to the Council on American Islamic Relations.
Before the recent elections, only one elected official among hundreds of representatives on the region’s local councils, panels and boards was Muslim, Bay Area representatives of CAIR said Nov. 8.
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