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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.
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MD Rabbi Alam (b. 1974) —
Born in Khulna, Bangladesh,
November
20, 1974.
Democrat. Candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives 50th District, 2010; candidate for
secretary
of state of Missouri, 2012.
Muslim. Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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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.
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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,
2020.
Muslim. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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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.
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Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) —
also known as Keith Ellison —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
4, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim. African
ancestry.
First
Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress; first
African-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.
Still living as of 2016.
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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.
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Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) —
also known as Abdul Hamid; Eugene Brown; "The
Black Hitler"; "The Harlem Hitler";
"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi Abdul
Hamid" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1903.
Self-styled cleric; labor
leader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and a
green velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlem
whose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;
conducted street
rallies in Harlem where he denounced
Jews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war against
the Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933; arrested
in October 1934; tried and
found guilty on misdemeanor charges of making a
public speech without a permit, and selling books without a
license, and sentenced
to ten days in jail;
later suspected
of inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led to injunctions
against his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,
Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, and shot
at him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded the
Buddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.
Buddhist
or Muslim. African
ancestry.
Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out of
fuel and crashed
near Wantagh, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1938 (age 35 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arjumand Hashmi —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Pakistan.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Paris, Tex., 2011-.
Muslim. Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
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Faizi Husain (1952-2006) —
also known as Faz Husain —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Patna, Bihar, India,
January
21, 1952.
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.
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Relatives: Son
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James Hussein Karoub (1929-1994) —
also known as James H. Karoub; Jimmy
Karoub —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., June 16,
1929.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-64, 1965-68 (Wayne County
15th District 1963-64, 2nd District 1965-68); defeated in primary,
1964, 1968.
Muslim or Protestant.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Fraternal
Order of Police.
Died in Northville, Wayne
County, Mich., July 23,
1994 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Hussein Karoub and Mary Karoub. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband Father
Giddo." |
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memorial |
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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 2014.
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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.
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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 2012.
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