{"id":88128,"date":"2026-11-06T06:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=88128"},"modified":"2026-11-06T06:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:34:35","slug":"cair-shows-record-255-muslims-hold-elected-office-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/cair-shows-record-255-muslims-hold-elected-office-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR Shows Record 255 Muslims Hold Elected Office Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>The Washington Times:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A record 255 Muslims now serve in elected office at nearly every level of government in the U.S., according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/council-on-american-islamic-relations\/\">Council on American-Islamic Relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CAIR said the new numbers represent a remarkable indicator of how Muslims have expanded their political engagement and presence in communities across America.\u00a0\u201cThis record-breaking number represents far more than a statistic. It reflects an American Muslim community that is increasingly engaged, organized and committed to serving our nation,\u201d said CAIR National Executive Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/nihad-awad\/\">Nihad Awad<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Washington Times: A record 255 Muslims now serve in elected office at nearly every level of government in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88129,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88128\/revisions\/88129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}