Which current U.S. mayors are Muslim and what are their biographies?

1. Zohran Mamdani — New York City’s historic mayor and his rise from immigrant family to City Hall

Zohran Kwame Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s mayor on January 1, 2026, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor after a 2025 campaign built on affordability and progressive promises such as free bus service and universal childcare; reporting traces his background to immigrant parents with roots in India and Uganda and notes his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America and his appeal to young and liberal voters ^{[1] [7]}. Coverage emphasizes the novelty and national attention of a Muslim mayor in one of the world’s largest cities, along with how his identity shaped both opposition and endorsements during the campaign ^{[7] [1]}.

2. Abdullah Hammoud — Dearborn’s Arab‑American leader and re‑election

Abdullah Hussein Hammoud, first elected mayor of Dearborn in 2021 and re‑elected in 2025, is identified in the reporting as the city’s first Arab‑American and first Muslim mayor; Hammoud previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives and campaigned on a progressive platform that resonated in Dearborn’s large Arab and Muslim community, winning a substantial share of the vote in 2025 ^{[8] [2] [9]}. Sources note personal details such as his Lebanese heritage and that he publicly observes Ramadan, and they place his leadership in the context of Metro Detroit’s growing Muslim and Arab political representation ^{[8] [2]}.

3. Faizul (Fazlul) Kabir — College Park’s mayor and an example from Maryland

Reporting identifies Faizul (reported variously as Fazlul/Faizul) Kabir as College Park, Maryland’s mayor, noting he became the first Muslim mayor in Maryland after winning a special election in 2023 and has continued in office through subsequent local cycles; local advocacy groups and Muslim‑focused outlets treat his mayoralty as part of a broader trend of increased Muslim representation in municipal offices ^{[3] [10]}. The sources describe Kabir as a local leader whose election was significant within the state’s political landscape ^[3].

4. Mo Baydoun and Bill Bazzi — continuity in the Detroit suburbs

The reporting records Mo Baydoun securing a full term as mayor of Dearborn Heights after previously serving as acting mayor, and it documents Bill Bazzi’s election and re‑election as mayor of Dearborn Heights in 2021; both are cited as part of the Detroit‑area shift toward Arab‑American and Muslim municipal leadership that began earlier in the decade ^{[2] [4]}. Coverage frames these wins as both demographic and political shifts in suburbs with large Arab and Muslim populations, while also noting that municipal governance often centers local service delivery rather than national identity politics ^{[4] [2]}.

5. New Jersey precedents and earlier Muslim mayors

New Jersey has provided multiple earlier examples of Muslim mayors — including Sadaf Jaffer in Montgomery Township and a list of other local mayors documented by regional reporting and CAIR’s directories — and those histories are cited in outlets reflecting that the state has long been a locus of Muslim municipal leadership even before the more visible 2025–2026 victories ^{[5] [11] [6]}. The CAIR directories compiled through 2022–2023 list dozens of Muslim elected officials nationwide and note patterns such as concentrated representation in Michigan and New Jersey ^{[11] [12]}.

Limitations and caveats: the sources supplied are a mix of news reports, organizational directories, and mid‑2020s accounts that highlight specific elections and localities; they do not provide a comprehensive, up‑to‑the‑minute roster of every U.S. mayor who identifies as Muslim, and where reporting uses variant spellings (e.g., Faizul/Fazlul) or focuses on a subset of cities, this summary follows the documentation available in those sources rather than claiming exhaustiveness ^{[3] [10] [11]}.