IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 869 
Recognizing American Muslims’ history and contributions to our Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2018 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing American Muslims’ history and contributions to 
our Nation. 
Whereas the millions of American Muslims, immigrant and 
native born, comprise two percent of the total population 
of the United States, and have built a vibrant community 
of diverse races, ethnicities, viewpoints, and backgrounds; 
Whereas many African slaves brought to the Americas, in-
cluding the American colonies, later known as the United 
States of America, were Muslim, and made innumerable 
contributions to the founding of our Nation; 
Whereas American Muslims have long served in the Nation’s 
Armed Forces and fought in all major United States con-
flicts, from the Revolutionary War to present day, with 
more than 5,000 Muslims currently serving in the Armed 
Forces and many Muslims having made the ultimate sac-
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rifice for the United States, including Army Corporal 
Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan (1987–2007), and Army 
Captain Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan (1976–2004); 
Whereas countless American Muslims contribute to our Na-
tion’s economy and well-being as physicians, business 
owners, laborers, service workers, teachers engaging the 
next generation of Americans, and police officers, fire-
fighters, and first responders saving lives every day; and 
Whereas some of the important contributions of American 
Muslims in the advancement of our Nation and funda-
mental to our shared American values, society, and cul-
ture, include— 
(1) military veterans like Revolutionary War Vir-
ginian Corporal Bampett Muhamed, Yusuf Ben Ali (also 
known as Joseph Benhaley), who served in George Wash-
ington’s army and fought with General Thomas Sumter 
in South Carolina, Civil War Union Captain Moses 
Osman who was the highest-ranking Muslim in that War, 
World War II Army Corporal Sheikh Nazim Abdul- 
Kariem, who served in the Battle of Normandy and Bat-
tle of the Bulge, Army Sergeant First Class and Korean 
war prisoner of war Mujahid Mohammed, retired Chief 
Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force Talib M. 
Shareef, who now serves as Imam at the Nation’s 
Mosque in Washington, DC, and the countless other 
American Muslims who served valiantly in the First and 
Second World Wars, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and 
most recent conflicts; 
(2) Yarrow Mamout, the freed African-American 
Muslim slave who later became one of the first share-
holders of the second chartered bank in America, the Co-
lumbia Bank; 
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(3) famed architect and designer Fazlur Rahman 
Khan, who designed the Sears Tower and the John Han-
cock 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 September 11 attacks on the World 
Trade Center; 
(5) Dr. Farouk El-Baz, geologist and remote sensing 
scientist who, as Secretary of the Landing Site Selection 
Committee for the Apollo missions, Principal Investigator 
of Visual Observations and Photography, and Chairman 
of the Astronaut Training Group of the Apollo Photo 
Team (1967–1972), was instrumental in helping NASA 
identify the landing sites on the Moon for the Apollo pro-
gram; 
(6) noted academics and researchers like Dr. 
Sulayman S. Nyang, professor and former chairman of 
the African Studies Department at Howard University, 
Dr. Ayub K. Ommaya, former Chief of Neurosurgery at 
the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and 
Stroke at the National Institute of Health, Dr. Intisar A. 
Rabb, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a 
director of its Islamic Legal Studies Program, and Dalia 
Mogahed, Obama administration appointee to the Advi-
sory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partner-
ships and Director of Research at Institute for Social 
Policy and Understanding; 
(7) Olympic medalists like boxer Muhammad Ali, 
track and field athlete Dalilah Muhammad, and fencer 
Ibtihaj Muhammad; 
(8) professional athletes like basketball players 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille 
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O’Neal, football players like Muhammad Wilkerson, 
Ameer Abdullah, brothers Husain and Hamza Abdullah, 
and two-time world heavyweight champion Hasim Shariff 
Rahman; 
(9) religious leaders like African-American Muslim 
imam, civil rights activist, and reformer Hajj Malik El 
Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, and Imam Warith 
Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad), re-
ferred to by many as America’s Imam, an African-Amer-
ican Muslim leader and theologian who worked tirelessly 
to unite the diverse Muslim community and nation, who, 
in 1992, was the first American Muslim to deliver the in-
vocation for the United States Senate; 
(10) public servants like Dr. Ahmed Hassan Zewail, 
who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and was a Presi-
dential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 
member, former Deputy Director of the United States 
National Security Council and Nixon administration advi-
sor Dr. Robert (Farooq) D. Crane, and Zalmay 
Khalilzad, who served as the Ambassador to Afghanistan 
from 2003–2005, Iraq from 2005–2007, and United Na-
tions from 2007–2009; 
(11) elected officials like former North Carolina 
State Senator Larry Shaw, Virginia State Representative 
Sam Rasoul, Minnesota State Representative Ilhan 
Omar, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, and Indi-
ana Congressman Andre Carson; and 
(12) entrepreneurs and business leaders like Chair-
man, CEO, and President of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. 
Farooq Kathwari, National Football League Jacksonville 
Jaguars owner and business tycoon Shahid Khan, Islamic 
fashion designer and Verona Collection company founder 
Lisa Vogl, founder of Iman Cosmetics and philanthropist 
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Zara (Iman) Mohamed Abdulmajid, hair and spa care 
business magnate Farouk Shami, and Chobani Greek Yo-
gurt founder, Chairman, and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the historic and valuable contributions by the Amer-
ican Muslim community to the United States of America. 
Æ 
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