Nusrat Jahan, First Muslim American Woman To Be Federal Judge

Web Desk — US President Joe Biden has nominated the first Muslim-American woman as a federal judge for the first time in the history of the country.

Nusrat Jahan Choudhury is a Bangladeshi American and if her nomination is approved by the US Senate, she would be the second Muslim to serve as a federal judge after Zahid Quraishi, who was also nominated by Joe Biden, according to USA Today.

Nusrat Jahan Choudhury is currently working as legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, for the US district court, Eastern District of New York.

The US president is also nominating African-American Arianna Freeman, who is currently serving in Philadelphia as a federal public defender, she is on the number eight in the list of Black women nominated by Biden.

Joe Biden has nominated 24 Blacks, while 17 belong to Hispanic and 16 have been Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.