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In 1994, Bilal participated in a political council on how American Muslims can be elected to political offices. He was the first US mayor to receive an official invitation from the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia via the owner of Amanah magazine, Lukman Umar. During his ten-day visit in 1993, he spoke to audiences on the ...
An ongoing dispute concerns the identity of the second male Muslim, that is, the first male who accepted the teachings of Muhammad. [3] [2] Shia and some Sunni sources identify him as Muhammad's cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib, aged between nine and eleven at the time. [4] For instance, this is reported by the Sunni historian Ibn Hisham (d.
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First Muslim woman to serve as a United States federal judge. [24] Robert D. Crane – former foreign policy advisor; author [25] Sada Cumber – first US envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference [26] Hamida Dakane – first Black and first Muslim to serve in the North Dakota House of Representatives [27]
The end of the first wave of Arab immigration is often marked by the end of World War I and the restrictive immigration policies put in place by the United States in the interwar period, including the Immigration Act of 1917 (or Asiatic Barred Zone), Emergency Quota Act in 1921, and the Immigration Act of 1924 (or Johnson-Reed Act).
He was an author on the resolutions referenced on the mailers and serves as the first Muslim member of the Texas House, along with Rep. Suleman Lalani, a Sugar Land Democrat.
First Muslim Female convert: Khadija [5] 610 [5] When Muhammad reported his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel , Khadija was the first female and first person to convert to Islam. However, Shia Muslims claim Ali was the first to convert to Islam. Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq [5] 3. First Muslim Male convert: Ali Ibn Abi Talib [6] 610 [6]
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