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By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The US House of Representatives voted along party lines Thursday to remove one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress from her seat on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee. The 218-211 vote saw all Democrats vote in opposition to removing Ilhan Omar from the panel. Nearly all of […]

9th Dec 2021

US congressional Muslim staff members demand action on Islamophobia

By Andy Roesgen CHICAGO, United States (AA): Dozens of Muslim congressional staff members sent an open letter Wednesday to the US House of Representatives’ leadership, demanding consequences for Islamophobic comments made by a Republican member. The letter denounced comments by Lauren Boebert from the state of Colorado, who was seen on video at a […]

11th Jun 2021

US lawmaker: ‘Freedom of speech doesn’t exist for Muslim women in Congress’

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib defended her fellow Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Thursday after the House Democrat leadership criticized Omar over her tweet seemingly equating the US with the Taliban. “Freedom of speech doesn’t exist for Muslim women in Congress,” Tlaib said on Twitter. Her tweet came after House Speaker Nancy […]

15th Apr 2019

US: Muslim Congresswoman finds support against smear

By Vakkas Dogantekin (AA): Messages of support continue to pour in for U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar after being targeted in a smear campaign led by the country’s president, Donald Trump. Trump most recently targeted the Muslim lawmaker after comments surfaced of her talking in Los Angeles weeks ago about the Islamophobia Muslims faced in the […]

7th Nov 2018

US: First two Muslim women elected to US Congress

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar both made history Tuesday by winning their elections and becoming the first Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Tlaib won the congressional seat for Michigan’s 13th district after former Representative John Conyers abruptly stepped down following sexual harassment allegations, […]

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