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Quraishi was also a military prosecutor and an Army captain in Iraq who tried public corruption cases as a federal prosecutor after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
The son of Pakistani immigrants has become the first Muslim federal judge in U.S. history after the Senate voted to confirm him to the post by a vote of 81-16.
Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as nation's first Muslim federal judge Melissa Quinn © TOM WILLIAMS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images US-POLITICS-JUDICIARY-HEARING Washington — The Senate on Thursday approved the historic nomination of Judge Zahid Quraishi to the U.S. District Court in New Jersey, making him the nation's first Muslim-American federal judge. Quraishi received bipartisan backing from the upper chamber with its 81 to 16 vote to confirm him to the federal court in Trenton. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination with bipartisan support last week. Qurais...
Zahid Quraish is the first Muslim American federal judge to be confirmed by the United States Senate.
View Comments 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 Book...