Michigan Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed Plans to Use Quran in Historic Senate Swearing-In

Michigan Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed Plans to Use Quran in Historic Senate Swearing-In
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Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s senator-elect, has announced that he will likely use a copy of the Holy Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in to the US Senate in January 2027, marking another historic moment for Muslim representation in American politics.

Speaking to NPR host Leila Fadel on the network’s Newsmakers programme, in an interview published on November 12, El-Sayed said he was still deciding which Quran to use.

He identified two possibilities: a Quran owned by former US President Thomas Jefferson, which was used by former Congressman Keith Ellison during a ceremonial swearing-in in 2007, and an early Quranic manuscript held by the University of Michigan.

El-Sayed, who defeated Republican candidate Mike Rogers in the November 3 midterm elections, will become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.