{"id":77358,"date":"2017-04-13T13:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T08:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=77358"},"modified":"2017-04-13T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T08:25:53","slug":"first-woman-muslim-judge-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/first-woman-muslim-judge-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"First woman Muslim judge found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a US judge was found dead in New York&#8217;s Hudson River on Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a 65-year-old associate judge of New York&#8217;s highest court, was found floating off Manhattan&#8217;s west side at about 1:45 pm EDT (1545 GMT), a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77360 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Sheila-Abdus-Salaam-Article-201704121928.jpg\" alt=\"First woman Muslim judge found dead \" width=\"616\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police pulled Abdus-Salaam&#8217;s fully clothed body from the water and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family identified her and an autopsy would determine the cause of death, the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdus-Salaam, a native of Washington, D.C., became the first African-American woman appointed to the Court of Appeals when Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo named her to the state&#8217;s high court in 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77361\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/150102-mcuomo-editorial.jpg\" alt=\"First woman Muslim judge found dead \" width=\"2048\" height=\"1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/150102-mcuomo-editorial.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/150102-mcuomo-editorial-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam was a trailblazing jurist whose life in public service was in pursuit of a more fair and more just New York for all,&#8221; Cuomo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History said Abdus-Salaam was the first female Muslim to serve as a US judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a US judge was found dead in New York&#8217;s Hudson River on Wednesday, police said. 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