Minnesota, Michigan send first Muslim to US Congress * Ilhan Omar campaigned on policies embraced by Democratic Party's most liberal wing * Rashida Tlaib became Muslim woman elected to Michigan Legislature in 2008 …
-One of Muslim women elected to Congress, Ilhan Omar, 35, will now assume Minnesota seat held by Keith Ellison, Democratic National Committee Chair, Attorney General. ..…
For the first time in its history, the House will include Native American and Muslim women, including Ilhan Omar, a former refugee from Somalia. Many states are represented in Congress for the first time by an African-American or Latina woman. ..…
First Muslim members of Congress There are two women who won seats to become Muslim members of Congress - Rashida Tlaib Michigan and Ilhan Omar Minnesota. Omar will also be the member of Congress to wear hijab or head scarf. ..…
First Muslim members of Congress There are two women who won seats to become Muslim members of Congress - Rashida Tlaib Michigan and Ilhan Omar Minnesota. Omar will also be the member of Congress to wear hijab or head scarf. ..…
They were also diverse black, Latina and Native- American candidates came out especially strong, resulting in monumental shifts like the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. And of the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress, one..…
No profile of Tlaib fails to note that she will become the first Muslim American woman in Congress (along with Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar if she wins, as she is likely to do), and the first Palestinian American woman. ..…
On their way to Congress: Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib (left) of Michigan, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. ... Three women stars of the Democratic Party who have openly criticized Israel’s human rights record were elected to Congress. . ..…
Schumer was responding to criticism that a new wave of anti-Israel Democrats are poised to enter the Congress. . Ilhan Omar, who will be one of the two first Muslim-American women entering the Congress this fall, has had to reject accusations that a 2012 tweet accusing Israel of..…
Ilhan Omar was elected to Congress of President Trump's hatred of Somalis, and Muslims in general. ..…
Somali-American Ilhan Omar, who will replace Representative Keith Ellenson in the Congress, offered the following comments about Israel’s actions against Hamas in a 2012 twitter: “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”..…
Omar wsill also be the first Congress member to wear a Muslim hijab, or head scarf. . ..…
She will replace Keith Ellison, Muslim elected to Congress. Omar fled from Somalia and arrived in U.S at the age of 14. ..…
o being among the pair of firsts, Omar will also be the member of Congress to wear headscarf, Somali American US legislator, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota Congress.. Keith Ellison of Minnesota and André Carson of Indiana were Muslims elected to..…
Democrat Ilhan Omar, Somali refugee, will become one of Muslim women to serve in the United States Congress after defeating Republican Jennifer Zielinski on Tuesday.. ... Ellison had been Muslim- American elected to Congress.. teaser on this story misidentified Ilhan..…
She and Somali-American Ilhan Omar of Minnesota will be first two female Muslim members of Congress. . 3:35 p.m. . ..…