LONDON: Nadia Kahf, an attorney who was born in Syria, made history when she became the first Superior Court judge in the US who wears a hijab. Kahf was nominated by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy last year, local media reported. Community leaders, including mayors, council members, school board members and leaders of the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association, signed a letter
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A New Jersey magistrate judge and former prosecutor will become the first Muslim to serve on the federal bench, in a move hailed as a groundbreaking step toward representation and diversity.
Zahid Quraishi of Union County won broad bipartisan support from the U.S. Senate on Thursday, which confirmed his appointment as a U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey, 81-16. He was the second New Jersey official in as many days to win approval to a federal judgeship. On Tuesday, senators voted 66-33 to appoint Bergen County administrator Julien X. Neals.
Senator Cory Booker, the New Jersey Democrat who recommended Quraishi, 46, for the position, lauded him as a person of conviction and patriotism who happens to also be Muslim.