First Muslim Bangladeshi in run for N.Y. State Senate: Muslims must get involved in politics in orde

First Muslim Bangladeshi in run for N.Y. State Senate: Muslims must get involved in politics in orde

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First Muslim Bangladeshi in run for N.Y. State Senate: Muslims must get involved in politics in order to be heard

Jehangir Khattak

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Giash Ahmed has the distinction of being the first Asian Muslim and Bangladeshi immigrant to run for the New York State Senate. He is running for the State Senate from District 13 on a Republican Party ticket, the first ever to have been awarded to an Asian Muslim. His constituency, comprised of Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona, has a diverse population of 328,000 people (over 100,000 voters), of whom 48 percent are Hispanic, 19 percent Asians, about ten percent are white and nine percent are African-Americans. The election is Nov. 5.

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