[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3009-S3010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 214--RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF 
                      MUSLIMS OF THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Harris, Mr. Peters, Mrs. 
Murray, and Ms. Stabenow) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 214

       Whereas the millions of Muslims of the United States, 
     immigrant and native born--
       (1) compose 2 percent of the total population of the United 
     States; and
       (2) have built a vibrant community of diverse races, 
     ethnicities, viewpoints, and backgrounds;
       Whereas many African slaves brought to the Americas, 
     including the American colonies later known as the United 
     States, were Muslim and made innumerable contributions to the 
     founding of the United States;
       Whereas Muslims of the United States--
       (1) come from a myriad of diverse cultural backgrounds; and
       (2) practice their faith according to a variety of 
     different historical schools of thought and traditions within 
     the Sunni and Shi'a interpretations of Islam;
       Whereas Muslims of the United States have long served in 
     the Armed Forces and have fought in all major United States 
     conflicts, from the Revolutionary War onward, with more than 
     5,000 Muslims serving in the Armed Forces as of April 2019;
       Whereas many Muslim members of the Armed Forces have made 
     the ultimate sacrifice for the United States, including--
       (1) Corporal Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, who was born in 
     1987 and made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States in 
     2007; and
       (2) Captain Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan, who was born in 
     1976 and made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States in 
     2004;
       Whereas countless Muslims of the United States contribute 
     to the economy and well-being of the United States as--
       (1) physicians;
       (2) business owners;
       (3) laborers;
       (4) service workers;
       (5) teachers engaging the next generation of people of the 
     United States; and
       (6) police officers, firefighters, and first responders 
     saving lives every day; and
       Whereas Muslims of the United States have made and continue 
     to make important contributions to the advancement of the 
     United States that are fundamental to the shared values, 
     society, and culture of the United States, including--
       (1) military veterans, such as--
          (A) Corporal Bampett Muhamed of Virginia, who served in 
     the Revolutionary War;
          (B) Yusuf Ben Ali (also known as ``Joseph Benhaley''), 
     who served in the Continental Army under George Washington 
     and fought with General Thomas Sumter in South Carolina;

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          (C) Captain Moses Osman, who served in the Union Army 
     during the Civil War and was the highest ranking Muslim in 
     that war;
          (D) Corporal Sheikh Nazim Abdul-Kariem, who served in 
     the Army during World War II at the Battle of Normandy and 
     the Battle of the Bulge;
          (E) Sergeant First Class Mujahid Mohammed, who served in 
     the Army and was held as a prisoner of war during the Korean 
     War;
          (F) retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Talib 
     M. Shareef, who now serves as imam at the Nation's Mosque in 
     Washington, DC; and
          (G) the countless other Muslims of the United States who 
     served valiantly in World War I, World War II, the Korean 
     War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts;
       (2) Yarrow Mamout, the freed African-American Muslim slave 
     who later became one of the first shareholders of the 
     Columbia Bank, the second chartered bank in the United 
     States;
       (3) Fazlur Rahman Khan, the famed architect and designer 
     who designed the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center;
       (4) Mohammad Salman Hamdani, the New York City Police 
     Department cadet and Emergency Medical Technician who 
     heroically died helping others in the aftermath of the 
     attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001;
       (5) Dr. Farouk El-Baz, a geologist and remote sensing 
     scientist who, from 1967 to 1972, was instrumental in helping 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration identify 
     the landing sites on the Moon for the Apollo program, serving 
     as--
          (A) Secretary of the Landing Site Selection Committee 
     for the Apollo missions;
          (B) Principal Investigator of Visual Observations and 
     Photography; and
          (C) Chairman of the Astronaut Training Group of the 
     Apollo Photo Team;
       (6) noted academics and researchers, such as--
          (A) Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang, professor and former chairman 
     of the African Studies Department at Howard University;
          (B) Dr. Intisar A. Rabb, professor of law at Harvard Law 
     School and a director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program at 
     Harvard Law School;
          (C) Asifa Quraishi-Landes, comparative law expert at the 
     University of Wisconsin-Madison; and
          (D) Zareena Grewal, American studies and religious 
     studies scholar at Yale University;
       (7) health professionals, such as--
          (A) Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director of the National 
     Institutes of Health;
          (B) Dr. Heather Laird-Johnson, founder, president, and 
     director of the Center for Muslim Mental Health and Islamic 
     Psychology at the University of Southern California; and
          (C) Dr. Zehra Siddiqui, who focuses on providing health 
     care for underserved populations, including homeless 
     individuals, immigrants, and individuals without health 
     insurance;
       (8) Olympic medalists, such as--
          (A) boxer Muhammad Ali;
          (B) track and field athlete Dalilah Muhammad; and
          (C) fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad;
       (9) professional athletes, such as--
          (A) basketball players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem 
     Olajuwon, and Shaquille O'Neal;
          (B) football players Muhammad Wilkerson, Ameer Abdullah, 
     and Husain Abdullah; and
          (C) 2-time world heavyweight champion Hasim Shariff 
     Rahman;
       (10) religious leaders, such as Hajj Malik El Shabazz, also 
     known as ``Malcolm X'', who was--
          (A) an African-American Muslim imam;
          (B) a civil rights activist; and
          (C) a reformer;
       (11) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad), 
     an African-American Muslim leader and theologian who--
          (A) in 1992, was the first Muslim of the United States 
     to deliver the invocation for the Senate;
          (B) worked tirelessly to unite diverse Muslim 
     communities; and
          (C) is commonly referred to as ``America's Imam'';
       (12) public servants, such as--
          (A) Dr. Ahmed Hassan Zewail, who won a Nobel Prize in 
     Chemistry and was a member of the President's Council of 
     Advisors on Science and Technology;
          (B) Dr. Robert (Farooq) D. Crane, former Deputy Director 
     of the National Security Council and advisor to President 
     Richard Nixon;
          (C) Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as--
            (i) the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from 
     2003 to 2005;
            (ii) the United States Ambassador to Iraq from 2005 to 
     2007; and
            (iii) the United States Ambassador to the United 
     Nations from 2007 to 2009; and
          (D) Adam Shakoor, the first Muslim judge in the United 
     States;
          (E) Osman Siddique, the first Muslim United States 
     Ambassador; and
          (F) Sada Cumber, the first United States Ambassador to 
     the Organization of the Islamic Conference;
       (13) elected officials, such as--
          (A) Representative Andre Carson of Indiana;
          (B) Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota;
          (C) Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan;
          (D) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison;
          (E) Virginia State Representative Sam Rasoul;
          (F) Pennsylvania State Representative Movita Johnson-
     Harrell; and
          (G) local council members, including--
            (i) Aisha Wahab of Hayward, California;
            (ii) Susan Dabaja of Dearborn, Michigan;
            (iii) Shahid Shafi of Southlake, Texas; and
            (iv) Basheer Jones of Cleveland, Ohio;
       (14) entrepreneurs and business leaders, such as--
          (A) Farooq Kathwari, the chairman, chief executive 
     officer, and president of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.;
          (B) business tycoon Shahid Khan, owner of the 
     Jacksonville Jaguars football team in the National Football 
     League;
          (C) Islamic fashion designer Lisa Vogl, founder of 
     Verona Collection;
          (D) philanthropist Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, also known 
     as ``Iman'', founder of Iman Cosmetics;
          (E) Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder, chairman, and chief 
     executive officer of Chobani Greek Yogurt; and
          (F) Dr. Mark Humayun, who co-invented the Argus series 
     retina implants; and
       (15) entertainers, such as--
          (A) actor and comedian Hasan Minaj;
          (B) Mahershala Ali, the first Muslim actor to win an 
     Oscar;
          (C) Sam Esmail, the creator of Mr. Robot; and
          (D) comedian and actor Maysoon Zayid: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the historic and 
     valuable contributions of the Muslim community of the United 
     States to the United States.

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