Very incomplete list! | |  Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah (b. 1962) — of Pacifica,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Nablus,WestBank,June 1,1962.Libertarian.Softwareconsultant; candidate forU.S.Representative from California 12th District, 2002.Muslim.Arabicancestry.Still living as of 2002. | | MD Rabbi Alam (b. 1974) — Born in Khulna,Bangladesh,November20, 1974.Democrat. Candidate forMissouristate house of representatives 50th District, 2010; candidate forsecretaryof state of Missouri, 2012.Muslim.Indiansubcontinent ancestry.Still living as of 2012. | | Saqib Ali (b. 1975) — of Montgomery Village,MontgomeryCounty, Md.; West Gaithersburg,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January21, 1975.Democrat.Softwareengineer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates District 39, 2007-.Muslim.Indiansubcontinent ancestry.Still living as of 2008. | | André D. Carson (b. 1974) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,October16, 1974.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 2008-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,2008,2020.Muslim.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2020. | | Clarence Jack Ellis (b. 1946) — also known asC. Jack Ellis — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.BornJanuary6, 1946.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;mayor ofMacon, Ga., 2000-07.BaptistorMuslim.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2011. | | Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) — also known asKeith Ellison — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August4, 1963.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,2004,2008;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.Muslim.Africanancestry.FirstMuslim elected to the U.S. Congress;firstAfrican-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.Still living as of 2016. | | Mohammad A. Hafeez (born c.1955) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born about 1955. Candidate in primary formayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 2005.Muslim. Still living as of 2005.  | Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903-1938) — also known asAbdul Hamid;Eugene Brown;"TheBlack Hitler";"The Harlem Hitler";"Bishop Amiru-Al-Mu-Minim Sufi AbdulHamid" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1903.Self-styledcleric;laborleader; claimed to be from Egypt or Sudan; wore a turban and agreen velvet cloak with gold braid; led picketing of stores in Harlemwhose proprietors refused to hire African-American employees;conductedstreetrallies in Harlem where hedenouncedJews; said he was "the only one fit to carry on the war againstthe Jews"; Americo-Spanish candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1933;arrestedin October 1934;tried andfound guilty on misdemeanor charges ofmaking apublic speech without a permit, and selling books without alicense, andsentencedto ten days injail;latersuspectedof inciting the 1935 riot in Harlem, which led toinjunctionsagainst his activities; in January 1938, his estranged wife,Stephanie St. Clair, ambushed him outside his house, andshotat him five times, but he was not seriously hurt; founded theBuddhist Universal Holy Temple of Tranquility.BuddhistorMuslim.Africanancestry.Killed, along with his pilot, when his Cessna J-5 airplane ran out offuel andcrashednear Wantagh,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 30,1938 (age35 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. |  | Arjumand Hashmi — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.; Paris,LamarCounty, Tex.Born inPakistan.Republican.Physician;mayorof Paris, Tex., 2011-.Muslim.Indiansubcontinent ancestry.Still living as of 2014.| |  Image source:Paris city web site |
| | Faizi Husain (1952-2006) — also known asFaz Husain — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Patna, Bihar,India,January21, 1952.Pizzeriaowner; Independent candidate formayorof Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993.Muslim.Indiansubcontinent ancestry.Died, ofidiopathicpulmonary fibrosis, in UniversityHospital,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,March 9,2006 (age54 years, 47days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Safdar Husain; grandson of Tajamul Husain. |
| | James Hussein Karoub (1929-1994) — also known asJames H. Karoub;JimmyKaroub —of Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 16,1929.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-64, 1965-68 (Wayne County15th District 1963-64, 2nd District 1965-68); defeated in primary,1964, 1968.Muslim orProtestant.Lebaneseancestry. Member,FraternalOrder of Police.Died in Northville,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 23,1994 (age65 years, 37days).Interment atOakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Hussein Karoub and Mary Karoub. | | | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband FatherGiddo." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Casey Kasem (b. 1932) — also known asKemal Amin Kazem — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April27, 1932.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;radio discjockey;actor;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1988.Druze.LebaneseandPalestinianancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Varisha M. Khan — of Woodinville,KingCounty, Wash.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Washington,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine).Female.Muslim. Still living as of 2016. | | Syed Riffat Mahmood (b. 1944) — also known asSyed R. Mahmood — of Union City,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh,India,May3, 1944.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,2000;candidate forCaliforniastate assembly 18th District, 2000; candidate forU.S.Representative from California 13th District, 2002.Muslim.Indiansubcontinent ancestry.Still living as of 2002. | | Rashida Tlaib (b. 1976) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1976.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 12th District, 2009-.Female.Muslim.Palestinianancestry.Still living as of 2012. | | Rudolph T. Ware III — also known asRudolph T. Ware;Butch Ware;BilalWare —Green. Candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2024.Muslim.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2024.
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