She has been celebrated as the first naturalized citizen from Africa and the first Somali-American elected to Congress. She is also one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and the first nonwhite woman to represent Minnesota in the House. . ..…
Across Potomac, Ilhan Omar, the first ever Somali- American to serve Congress, and Muslim, ignited firestorm last week when she gave this as Congress votes AIPAC line on Israel. ..…
Once you get people standing up and saying “My ticket into the room is that I am Muslim,” or “that I am Native American,” or “that I am this” or “that,” you do not end division but simply encourage a new social divide, a new “Us” versus “Them,” where each Identity..…
He branded them as “criminals” and “Middle Easterners,” and met them at the border with U.S. military and tear gas, and tore families apart, caging their children — to discourage other Central Americans from exercising their right to seek asylum. . In the face of his brutal policies toward..…
While all of the incoming refugees and migrants, fleeing Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other Muslim lands, may not hold anti- Jewish views, number do -- simply newspapers, schools and mosques.. How is one to explain American Jewish support for bringing in number of people, many of. ..…
This deep enmity strains the bonds of Islam, it divides Muslim from Muslim diaspora, specifically American Muslims. ..…
Groups condemning Trump's declaration include NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Democratic Attorneys General Association, Muslim Advocates, Immigration Hub, American Civil Liberties Union and Common Cause.. ..…
Americans have occasionally been caught up in this Kafkaesque system. Several Muslim charities in the U.S. were designated or investigated based on the suspicion that their charitable contributions overseas benefited terrorists. ..…
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