Oz Sultan is a rarity, a Muslim-American in Harlem who is also a committed Republican activist. While 78 percent of American Muslims voted for Republican George W. Bush in 2000, today, just 11 percent of American Muslims say they “lean toward the GOP,” according to the Pew Research Center.“Many Muslims hold traditional and family values — it’s just been difficult finding their place in a post-9/11 world,” said Sultan, who is a new contributor to Bold.  “The past 15 years have seen Republicans go through some hard choices with civil and personal liberty issues,” he said. “I think we’ve finally cleared that hurdle and new GOP recruiting should focus on high net worth groups, shifting urban voter bases and address secular America, which leans conservative and comprises over 30 Million voters. The Republican party of 2025 is going to have far more Gen X, Millennial and Gen Z participation of a diverse breadth of Americans than we’ve seen before.”Sultan grew up in western Pennsylvania, a place he describes as equally split between blue collar and white collar. His father’s family is Saudi and is mother’s family is Mughlai (people who are the remnants of the Moghul empire, which once encompassed Afghanistan, Pakistan and…
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