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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
The incumbent had reason to be angry; few people in the district were aware that the long-serving Assembly member was Muslim: “It was an interesting piece of news that only a handful of people in...
New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries will become the top Democrat in the House of Representatives—and the first Black lawmaker to lead either party on Capitol Hill—when the new Congress is sworn in next year.
As the political representative for the Black student group that invited the professor to the upstate New York campus, Mr. Jeffries, a 21-year-old college senior with a flattop and a dashiki, had...
Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing has shaped his role as House minority leader. Jeffries, a liberal Democrat, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Republican, recently took turns reading Scripture at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Many individuals even suspected him of being a Muslim due to his first name, “Hakeem,” being a common Muslim name that translates to “wise” or “ruler” in Arabic. But, we have confirmed that he is not a follower of the Muslim faith nor a Jewish one.
Beyond their upbringing in the Black community in Brooklyn, there’s no connection, Mr. Jeffrey said. His father was Muslim and liked the name Hakim. But he doesn’t mind the comparisons.
