الولايات المتحدة: أول مسلم يفوز بمنصب رئيس محكمة كاليفورنيا العليا

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

فاز وكيل النيابة المسلم الأمريكي "حليم دانيدينا" (39 عامًا) بمنصب رئيس المحكمة العليا بـ"كاليفورنيا"، في سابقة أولى من نوعها لمسلم؛ حيث ولِد "حليم" بولاية "شيكاغو" لأبوين هنديين من ولاية "جوجارت" وصلا "الولايات المتحدة" عام1960 من "تنزانيا".

وقد حصل "حليم" على درجته في القانون من "جامعة كاليفورنيا"، وحصل على العديد من المناصب من بينها خبرة 14 عامًا في منصب نائب المدعي العام بالمحكمة، وخمس سنوات في محاكمة العصابات، و3 سنوات بقسم الجرائم الكبرى، ويعمل حاليًا رئيسًا لهيئة محافظي الجمعية الأمريكية الأسيوية لشؤون الباسيفيك، ومن المقرر أن يتسلم مهام منصبه الجديد 20 من يونيو الجاري. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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US First Muslim Superior Court Judge

In a major leap for the Muslim minority in the United States, a Muslim attorney was appointed to a California Superior Court judgeship, to be the first Muslim American on a California bench.

“I hope that my appointment serves as an example to others in the Muslim American community, particularly the youth, that our faith and identity need not be an obstacle to our full participation in California's civic institutions,” Halim Dhanidina told India-West newspaper on Friday, June 8.

“Similarly, I hope to perform my new responsibilities in a way that demonstrates to society at large that Muslim Americans can serve the community in the pursuit of justice with dignity and honor,” he said.

Dhanidina was appointed to a California Superior Court judgeship May 18 by Governor Jerry Brown.

He will take up his new role June 20, although he has not yet been assigned to a court.

Born in Chicago, Dhanidina is the son of Gujarati parents who emigrated from Tanzania to the US in 1960.

A founding member of the Association of South Asian Prosecutors, Dhanidina spent 14 years as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney.

He noted that his 14 years as a deputy district attorney and being in court nearly every day have made him intimately familiar with how a courtroom works, including the rules that govern a trial.

The 39-year-old attorney said his many years in the D.A.’s office have imbued him with a sense of “grace under pressure.”

Dhanidina spent five years prosecuting gang members and three years in the major crimes division, which included several death penalty cases.

“I’ve had some very highly-charged, pressure filled cases,” said Dhanidina.

“Gang cases have so many consequences,” he added

Dhanidina earned his law degree at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he served as the co-chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association.

He earned his bachelor’s degree at Pomona College, where he founded the first Muslim Students’ Association.

He currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Los Angeles.