Quran Used To Take Affirmation of Office In New Jersey

In Boonton, New Jersey last week, Tajammul "Taj" Khokhar made history of a sort when he took office as a member of the town's Planning Board using the Quran to take an "affirmation" instead of taking an oath on a Bible as the other two new members of the Board did. Wednesday's Morris County Daily Record reported however that it is not uncommon for the Quran to be used by Muslims to take an affirmation in court in Morris County, NJ, and a former mayor of another town in Morris County may have been sworn in using the Quran as well.