CALIFORNIA – The year 2018 concluded with California marking a historic milestone when it got its first Muslim judge amid a time of rising Islamophobia across North America, PBS reports. The American Muslim Judge Halim Dhanidina was elevated to the state of California’s Courts of Appeal, making him the Pacific state’s most senior judge of …

News of the death of NY Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, sent shockwaves through American Muslim communities across the country.

In a shock to the American Muslim community, the body of the United States’ first-ever female Muslim judge was found Wednesday afternoon in the Hudson River near Manhattan, leaving many unanswered questions about the death of the renowned figure.