Mohammed Khairullah Archives - New Jersey Globe

Saleh gets fundraising boost in bid for Jersey City council seat

October 20, 2020 10:32 am

The first Muslim and Palestinian city councilman in Jersey City received a fundraising boost from four prominent North Jersey officials for his bid to keep his seat in the November 3 non-partisan special election. Yousef Saleh, who was appointed to...

Pascrell disgusted by Khairullah treatment at airport

September 13, 2019 5:05 pmSeptember 13, 2019 5:05 pm

Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah, Syrian-born Muslim American who has held public office since 2001, says he was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Control officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport for three hours last month after visiting relatives...

Khairullah says Hugin should reject racist Grossman

September 27, 2018 10:08 pm

Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah, the longest-serving Muslim elected official in New Jersey, says he’s disturbed by Bob Hugin’s hesitancy to disavow Seth Grossman’s candidacy for Congress. “The fact is Seth Grossman has a history of spewing inflammatory, racist rhetoric...