For the first time, a female Muslim judge with hijab was appointed to the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey.
According to foreign media reports, a woman named Nadia Kahf was nominated as a judge by the governor of New Jersey. Nadia Kahf took the oath of office with her hands on the Holy Quran which she had inherited from her grandmother.
The 50-year-old female judge, who moved to the United States from Syria at the age of two, will now serve in Passaic County.
American attorney Nadia Kahf, appointed to the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey, became the first hijab-wearing judge on the bench.
She took the oath of office with her hand on the Quran pic.twitter.com/LyNoYwjga8
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations congratulates Nadia Kahf on becoming a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice.
Nadia Kahf said in her response that ‘I am extremely happy as well as proud.’
