{"id":26364,"date":"2022-07-13T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=26364"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:42:12","slug":"brentwood-school-elects-first-ever-pakistani-muslim-as-its-district-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/26364","title":{"rendered":"Brentwood School elects first-ever Pakistani Muslim as its district board member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York: Renowned Pakistani American social activist Raja Hassan Ahmad has become the first-ever Pakistani Origin Muslim who has taken the oath of Brentwood School District Board Member.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The oath-taking ceremony was held in the conference room of Brentwood School building at New York\u2019s Suffolk County Long Island. He took the oath by taking the Holy Quran over his head.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 704px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-26364-1\" width=\"704\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-07-13-at-1.14.06-PM.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-07-13-at-1.14.06-PM.mp4\">https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-07-13-at-1.14.06-PM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Raja Hassan has become the board member of the school after a cut-throat competition with his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Raja Hassan has defeated a contestant who had been serving as an elected president of the school for the consecutive 9 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.05-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26367 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.05-PM-300x219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.05-PM-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.05-PM-768x560.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.05-PM.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The time period for elected representatives of board members is three years. Hassan distributed traditional Pakistani sweets (Jalebi) at Masjid-e-Darul Quran in New York on his historic victory<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.07-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26369 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.07-PM-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.07-PM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.07-PM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-1.14.07-PM-1.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York: Renowned Pakistani American social activist Raja Hassan Ahmad has become the first-ever Pakistani Origin Muslim who has taken the oath of Brentwood School District Board Member. The oath-taking ceremony was held in the conference room of Brentwood School building at New York\u2019s Suffolk County Long Island. 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