A Muslim of Pakistani origin.. Hamza Yusuf as Prime Minister of Scotland

The ruling Scottish National Party in Scotland elected Hamza Yusuf as its new leader, to write history as the first Muslim leader of a Western country.

What does the victory of Hamza Yusuf mean?

• With this victory, Hamza Yusuf, when announcing his inauguration as prime minister, entered political history in the West, as the first Muslim to hold the position of prime minister in a western country.

Who is Hamza Yusuf?

• Hamza Yusuf was born in Glasgow in 1985 and his father is Muzaffar Yusuf from Punjab, Pakistan.
• Hamza’s father immigrated with the family to Scotland in 1960.
• The mother of the prospective prime minister is Shaitsa Buta, who was born in Kenya, and her family is from South Asia.
• Hamza graduated from the University of Glasgow with a master’s degree in political science in 2007.

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• The party supports Scotland’s campaign for independence from Britain, and has a majority of 64 out of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament.
• Yusuf had said before the vote closed that he wanted to dramatically increase taxes on the rich, taxing energy companies and landowners to fund more generous anti-poverty measures.
• Hamza Yusuf said he would use parliament’s powers to levy income and property taxes to increase the £25-a-week child allowance for the poorest families, as he tried to court votes from undecided SNP members.