A U.S-based Nigerian lady, Zulfat Suara, has become the first Muslim elected to a Metro seat in Nashville history

The certified public accountant faced Islamophobic comments and threats on the campaign trail, but she also built a broad coalition of support.

She burst into tears as she received a hug from her daughter, Safiyah, before her speech at her watch party, on Thursday, in Nashville, Tennessee.

He path started in Nigeria and led to Tennessee in 1993 when her husband was offered a fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

It quickly became her home, with Zulfat founding an accounting firm in 1998 which worked with several counties.

With a full-time job, a daughter and a husband, Suara had a full plate, but she decided she wanted to run for one of the at-large seats because not only is her expertise right for the gig, she knows the city well and wants to serve.

Gist from Gistmore : http://gistmore.com/nigerian-lady-in-tears-after-becoming-the-first-muslim-elected-to-nashville-office

Lalasticlala

Not a welcoming idea

Terrorist on the loose.

Wow, finally finally

Read the news of her campaign past weeks.

Congratulations Ma

Check well, her own kind of Islam is not the kind practiced by foolish burukutu-guzzling Nairaland resident zombies.

She's a Muslim that understand the plurality of truth.

That her God is true.

And other people's God is also true.

That's what our Nigerian adherents of the religion of "peace" is finding difficult to accept.

Congratulations to my fellow Nigerian.

heartfelt congrats. Type of pipu we doing us proud in diaspora not those flying pigs flogging their Elders

Selfish people...thats how they always cover their women in full hijab and fight whoever tries to unveil inside but chase our women freely. I'm still waiting for the first christian appointment in saudi arabia chambers

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Not a welcoming idea


Terrorist on the loose.

And that's why your daily job is to wash dishes at Aumty Nkechi's buka.

Na their you go complete your existence till eternity.