Phila Sunday Sun: A Woman Born to Lead

Salima Suswell views politics from a local, national, and international level, and thinks you should too.

By Denise Clay-Murray

From the streets of our nation’s capital to Philadelphia’s City Hall, the conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to protests that have bled into the 2024 presidential election.

For example, members of the Muslim community in Michigan, one of the largest in the United States, have pledged to withhold their votes from President Joe Biden because they believe he hasn’t been hard enough on Israel for such things as bombing hospitals and otherwise making the citizens of Palestine pay for the crimes of Hamas.

 

Salima Suswell, the founder and chief executive of the Black Muslim Leadership Council, understands where…

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