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'''Rahim Nizar Jaffer''' (; born December 15, 1971) is a former Canadian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/politician politician] and a former Member of Parliament. He served in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons Canadian House of Commons] from 1997 to 2008, representing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta Alberta] riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton—Strathcona Edmonton—Strathcona] as a member of the Conservative Party. He was the first Muslim elected to the Canadian Parliament. Jaffer became embroiled in a national controversy in 2010 after he appeared to receive special treatment, "a break," from the justice system after being charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine.<ref name="cbc_charges-dropped">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/03/special-treatment-jaffers-drunk-driving-charges-dropped.html "Special treatment? Jaffer's drunk driving charges dropped"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation CBC], March 10, 2010.</ref>
'''Rahim Nizar Jaffer''' (; born December 15, 1971) is a former Canadian [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=politician politician] and a former Member of Parliament. He served in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_House_of_Commons Canadian House of Commons] from 1997 to 2008, representing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alberta Alberta] riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edmonton—Strathcona Edmonton—Strathcona] as a member of the Conservative Party. He was the first Muslim elected to the Canadian Parliament. Jaffer became embroiled in a national controversy in 2010 after he appeared to receive special treatment, "a break," from the justice system after being charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine.<ref name="cbc_charges-dropped">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/03/special-treatment-jaffers-drunk-driving-charges-dropped.html "Special treatment? Jaffer's drunk driving charges dropped"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation CBC], March 10, 2010.</ref>


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Rahim Nizar Jaffer (; born December 15, 1971) is a former Canadian politician and a former Member of Parliament. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2008, representing the Alberta riding of Edmonton—Strathcona as a member of the Conservative Party. He was the first Muslim elected to the Canadian Parliament. Jaffer became embroiled in a national controversy in 2010 after he appeared to receive special treatment, "a break," from the justice system after being charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine.<ref name="cbc_charges-dropped">"Special treatment? Jaffer's drunk driving charges dropped", CBC, March 10, 2010.</ref>


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