The elected senator from the state of Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, announced this Thursday that he will take the oath of office on a Quran, thus becoming the first Muslim to join the Senate after defeating Republican Mike Rogers in last Tuesday's midterm elections.
"It really doesn't matter what your name is, it doesn't matter how you pray. The United States is big enough", expressed the Democratic Party member, who then took a jab at JD Vance pointing out the "delicious irony" that the vice president is "constitutionally obligated" to swear him in as senator.
"I will probably swear on the Quran. Which copy of the Quran, we are not sure yet. I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Quran; when Keith Ellison was sworn into Congress, he swore on that copy. The University of Michigan also holds the first Quran in the state of Michigan. It is very, very old. And that could be the choice, so I don't know. But I will swear on the Quran", the elected senator commented in a radio interview.










