DEARBORN, Michigan (The Thursday Times) — Michigan se US Senate ke liye Democratic ummeedwar Abdul El-Sayed par Muslim mukhalif hamlon mein intikhabi muhim ke aakhri hafte mein shiddat aa gayi hai, Sadr Donald Trump ne unhein "jihadi" qarar diya hai aur Muslim baradari ke rehnumaon ka kehna hai ke dushmani 11 September ke hamlon ke baad se apni buland tareen satah par pahunch gayi hai.
Michigan mein paida hone wale Misri nazhad doctor El-Sayed, jo medical degree aur public health mein doctorate rakhte hain, agle hafte hone wale midterm elections se pehle Republican ummeedwar Mike Rogers ke saath sakht muqable mein hain. Al Jazeera ke mutabiq Trump ne barha un ke naam ka mazaq uraya hai aur Itwar ko Port Huron mein Rogers ke liye aik rally mein taqreeban do ghante ki taqreer ka bara hissa un par hamlon mein sarf kiya.
Rogers ne baghair kisi saboot ke El-Sayed par Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen, Hamas, Hezbollah aur Iran se taalluqat ka ilzam lagaya hai, aur pichhle maheene social media ki aik post se ittefaq kiya jis mein unhein "dehshatgard" kaha gaya tha. Is maheene donon ke mubahise ke baad Rogers ne sahafiyon se kaha, "Baat is ki nahin ke aap ibadat kaise karte hain; baat yeh hai ke aap sochte kaise hain." Senator Ted Cruz ne El-Sayed ko "jihadi leprechaun" kaha hai.
"9/11 ke baad ka daur mamooli lagne laga hai"
Detroit ke ilaqe mein Arab aur Muslim huqooq ki numayan karkun Suehaila Amen ne kaha, "Unhon ne 9/11 ke fauran baad ke daur ko hamare liye mamooli baat bana diya hai." Detroit mein Barack Obama ki aik rally ke bahar intehai dayen bazu ke karkun Jake Lang ne megaphone par Muslim mukhalif galiyan dein jabke saleebi jangjuon jaise libas mein malboos un ke saathi Rogers ki intikhabi muhim ke placards uthaye hue thay.
Bari Arab aur Muslim abadi wale shehr Dearborn ke mayor Abdullah Hammoud ne kaha ke haaliya maheenon mein shehr ko milne wali dhamkiyon mein izafa hua hai. Unhon ne kaha ke "behtareen jawab" El-Sayed ko Senate mein bhejna hai.
Voters ka imtihan
El-Sayed ne zyada tar in hamlon ka jawab dene se gurez kiya hai aur unhein "tawajjo hatane aur dhoka dene ki koshishein" qarar diya hai. Yeh wazeh nahin ke in hamlon ka muqable par kya asar parega: Michigan State University ke aik survey mein taqreeban 38% mumkina voters ne kaha ke kisi ummeedwar ka Musalman hona un ki taraf se us ki himayat ka imkan kam kar dega.
