Qasim is an immigrant, a proud American Muslim, lawyer, advocate and a devoted father and husband. He made national headlines early in his campaign. After being the target of a notably hateful tweet, Qasim noticed that the person who wrote it was also in tremendous medical debt. Instead of firing back, or even just ignoring the comment, Qasim donated to his critic’s Go Fund Me page, and encouraged his supporters to do the same, re-tweeting the story of the man’s overwhelming medical costs. This gesture raised thousands in hours, and helped to relieve the man of his debt..

But gestures of kindness and an appeal to humanity is kind of Qasim’s lane. He earned his law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law and has spent much of his career fighting for those impacted by domestic and sexual violence, uplifting those incarcerated through prison chaplaincy, and serving his neighbors through blood drives and highway cleanups, and advocate for children’s education.

Qasim further channels his passion to serve by working with national and international non-profit organizations that advance women’s rights, improve water, food, shelter, healthcare, and education access for children living in poverty, and fight to protect the religious freedom for all people. To that end Qasim has written numerous books, given hundreds of interviews, and testified before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to protect the rights of persecuted religious minorities around the world. Likewise, Qasim has worked with the US Government to improve national security here at home, while upholding the United States Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

In addition to his humanitarian commitments, Qasim works as a consultant to help major organizations, small businesses, and non-profits improve their corporate strategies, messaging, and innovation. If elected Qasim’s priorities are to: address climate change, reform the criminal justice system, invest in public education, expand access to healthcare, address and adequately fund programs to solve the opioid crisis, bring broadband internet to his rural community and more.