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Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as first Muslim American federal judge

The Senate voted 81-16 Thursday to confirm Zahid Quraishi as a U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey, making him the first Muslim American federal judge in the country’s 244-year history.

Quraishi will be “the first Muslim American to serve as an Article III judge in our history,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor before the vote.

Quraishi, the son of Pakistani immigrants, was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, where he earned his law degree from Rutgers Law School. He joined a law firm in 2001 but enlisted

Senate confirms 1st Muslim American federal judge in US history

The vote for Zahid Quraishi was overwhelmingly bipartisan.

June 10, 2021, 9:32 PM

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Zahid Quraishi was confirmed as the first Muslim American federal judge by the United States Senate on Thursday.

Quraishi, currently a magistrate judge, will serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was confirmed with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 81-16.

“Mr. Quraishi will be the first American Muslim in United States history to serve as an Article III federal judge,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in

US House passes bill to prevent another ‘Muslim ban’ | Muslim Ban News

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would limit the ability of any United States president to impose a travel ban on the basis of religion, a move that was welcomed by civil rights advocates as “a major step forward”.

The legislation, known informally as the NO BAN Act, comes in response to former President Donald Trump’s controversial “Muslim ban” that barred travel to the US from several Muslim-majority countries.

The bill, which must also pass in the US Senate to become law, was approved by a 218-208 vote in the House on Wednesday.

“The Muslim ban

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