{"id":166,"date":"2008-03-12T09:05:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T09:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/feilerfaster\/2008\/03\/a-second-muslim-in-congress.html"},"modified":"2008-03-12T09:05:31","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T09:05:31","slug":"a-second-muslim-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/feilerfaster\/2008\/03\/a-second-muslim-in-congress.html","title":{"rendered":"A Second Muslim in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A second Muslim was elected to the U.S. House this week.  Democrat Andre Carson won Tuesday&#8217;s special election to succeed his grandmother, the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson, and fill out the final 10 months of her term.  Carson&#8217;s win makes him the first Muslim to represent Indiana in Congress, and only the second Muslim to serve there.  Carson describes himself as an &#8220;orthodox, secular, universal Muslim.&#8221;  Per <a href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2008\/03\/a_second_muslim_is_elected_to.php\">Marc Ambinder<\/a>:  The campaign was respectful, but he faces stiff competition in a May primary and then in a general election in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second Muslim was elected to the U.S. House this week. Democrat Andre Carson won Tuesday&#8217;s special election to succeed his grandmother, the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson, and fill out the final 10 months of her term. 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