(Bergen Record) A New Jersey mayor who was abruptly disinvited from a White House Eid celebration in May was not on the federal terrorism watchlist at the time when the U.S. Secret Service denied his security clearance, his attorneys said in a […]
(Bergen Record) Nadia Kahf, a family law attorney from Wayne, is poised to become one of just a handful of Muslim women to serve as a state Superior Court judge in New Jersey, after Gov. Phil Murphy nominated her earlier this week. […]
(Bergen Record) 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. […]
(Bergen Record) New Jersey’s Zahid Quraishi has served as a military prosecutor and an Army captain in Iraq, as an assistant U.S. attorney who has tried cases of public corruption, organized crime and financial fraud, and as a white-collar criminal defense lawyer. But […]
(Bergen Record) Feras Awwad dreamed of entering politics and government one day to help his community and change the negative narratives about Muslims he heard growing up after the 9/11 attacks. Last year, at age 26, he seized the opportunity, winning election to the Clifton […]
(Bergen Record) Sherine El-Abd, a longtime Republican activist in New Jersey, said she was “not blind” to anti-Muslim comments made by President Donald Trump. But as a Muslim, she doesn’t feel compelled to walk away from the GOP, a party that she says […]
(Bergen Record) More than two dozen mosques across New Jersey plan to dedicate their sermons on Friday — their main day of prayer — to speaking out against racism and police brutality, a coalition of groups announced Wednesday. Friday’s “Day of Outrage” […]
(Bergen Record) Muslim Americans and civil rights organizations are condemning comments Michael Bloomberg made defending a years-long mass surveillance program when he was New York City mayor. Bloomberg said the surveillance in mosques, schools and Muslim-owned businesses in New York and New […]
(Bergen Record) Even before he arrived at his job at Fort Dix one recent morning, Army Sgt. Syed Farhaj Hassan had already been bombarded by a Michael Bloomberg ad about gun control on television, and a radio piece about Bloomberg’s tenure as […]
(Bergen Record) Muslim Americans say they’ve been singled out, detained and interrogated at airports — and elected officials are no exception. Mohamed Khairullah, the longtime mayor of Prospect Park, said he was held for three hours at JFK International Airport last month, […]
(Bergen Record) A New Jersey bill that calls for prohibiting anti-Semitism at public schools and universities has stirred controversy because it would also label certain criticisms of Israel as prohibited activity. The bill, introduced by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Sen. Robert […]
(Bergen Record) A Paterson police recruit called a “leader among peers” at the Bergen County Police Academy was named the recipient of the graduating class’ Role Model Award. Officer Serein Tamimi, who broke a historic barrier as the first Palestinian-American woman and […]
(Bergen Record) The moment when Donald Trump, then a presidential candidate, claimed at a rally that he saw “thousands and thousands” of people in Jersey City cheering during the 9/11 attacks is seared into Mussab Ali’s memory. Here was a man aspiring for […]
(Bergen Record) A Syria native from Bergen County and a Middlesex County man are among 20 Americans who filed a lawsuit this week alleging their rights were violated by the federal government’s secret surveillance of travelers. The lawsuit challenges the federal terrorist watch list system […]
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