| | 
Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah (b. 1962) —
of Pacifica, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Nablus, West
Bank, June 1,
1962.
Libertarian. Software
consultant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 2002.
Muslim. Arabic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
|
| |
Saqib Ali (b. 1975) —
of Montgomery Village, Montgomery
County, Md.; West Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
21, 1975.
Democrat. Software
engineer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 39, 2007-.
Muslim. Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
André D. Carson (b. 1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
16, 1974.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 2008-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2008.
Muslim. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| |
Clarence Jack Ellis (b. 1946) —
also known as C. Jack Ellis —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born January
6, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 2000-07.
Baptist
or Muslim. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
|
| |
Keith Ellison (b. 1963) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 4,
1963.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2003-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| |
Mohammad A. Hafeez (born c.1955) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1955.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 2005.
Muslim.
Still living as of 2005.
|
| |
Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) —
also known as Abdul Hamid; Eugene Brown; "The
Black Hitler" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1903.
Americo-Spanish candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933.
Muslim. African
ancestry.
Died July 30,
1938 (age 35 years, 205
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Faizi Husain (1952-2006) —
also known as Faz Husain —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Patna, Bihar, India,
January
21, 1952.
Son of Safdar Husain.
Pizzeria
owner; Independent candidate for mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993.
Muslim. Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Died, of idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 9,
2006 (age 54 years, 47
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
| |  |
Relatives:
Grandson of Tajamul Husain (Member of Parliament,
India). |
|
| |
Casey Kasem (b. 1932) —
also known as Kemal Amin Kazem —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 27,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; radio disc
jockey; actor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988.
Druze. Lebanese
and Palestinian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| |
Syed Riffat Mahmood (b. 1944) —
also known as Syed R. Mahmood —
of Union City, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India,
May 3,
1944.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2000;
candidate for California
state assembly 18th District, 2000; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 2002.
Muslim. Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
|
| |
Rashida Tlaib (b. 1976) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1976.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 12th District, 2009-.
Female.
Muslim. Palestinian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
|
|
The Political Graveyard
is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source
for American political biography, listing 234,420
politicians, living and dead. |
| |
| |
The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges;
(4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major
federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials,
including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in
national party nominating conventions. |
|
| |
The listings are incomplete; development of the database
is a continually ongoing project. |
|
| |
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this
site — is believed to be accurate, but is not
guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources
before relying on any information here. |
|
| |
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/muslim.html. |
|
| |
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page
are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes
change as the site develops. |
|
| |
If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the
alphabetical index of
politicians. |
|
| |
More information: FAQ;
privacy policy;
cemetery links. |
|
| |
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard,
or if you have information to share, please see the
biographical checklist and
submission guidelines. |
|
|
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained
by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure
and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard,
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by
HDL. —
The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996;
the last full revision was done on
May 12, 2012.
|
|
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist
v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and
arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also
licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License. |
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)