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Raised Baptist, converted to Islam as a teenager. [5] Ilhan Omar: Democratic: MN-05: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 48 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [6] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January ...
Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, [ 4 ] and the first Persian-American U.S. representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. [ 5 ]
Shamila N. Chaudhary – US government policy adviser [23] Nusrat Jahan Choudhury - civil rights lawyer and District Court judge for the Eastern District of New York. First Muslim woman to serve as a United States federal judge. [24] Robert D. Crane – former foreign policy advisor; author [25]
First ex-Muslim organisation. Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) 2007 United Kingdom: Central Committee for Ex-Muslims [2] 2007 Netherlands: Dissolved in 2008. Former Muslims United [3] 2009 United States: Ex-Muslims Initiative [4] 2010 Austria: Founded as Council of Ex-Muslims of Austria [5] Movement of Ex-Muslims of Belgium [6] 2011 Belgium
The organization was founded in 2013 in Washington, D.C., by Sarah Haider and Muhammad Syed, and in Toronto by Sadar Ali and Nas Ishmael. They say that it is the first organization of its kind to "establish communities exclusive to ex-Muslims in order to foster a sense of camaraderie and offer a space free of judgement for lack of religiosity."
Formed in 1994 by a group of young Muslim activists concerned about the rise in anti-Muslim discrimination, CAIR is now the biggest Muslim civil rights group in the US and includes about 33 local ...
The following animated videos depict the experiences of nine Muslim Americans from across the country who differ in heritage, age, gender and occupation. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, these Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life. By Emily Kassie. April 6, 2015
Muslims in the United States have increasingly made their own culture; there are various Muslim comedy groups, rap groups, Scout troops and magazines, and Muslims have been vocal in other forms of media as well. [150] Hijab is commonly worn by Muslim women in the United States, and is a very distinctive cultural feature of Muslims in America.