(PolitiFact) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim American Democrat from Minnesota, was sworn into the House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2019, using the Quran that belonged to her grandfather. A couple weeks later, a Facebook post claimed that she and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D.-Mich. — who also used a Koran during her swearing-in ceremony — broke the law by doing so.
“Let me say about the QURAN, if you take the Oath of Office on a book recognizing Sharia Law swearing to defend honor and uphold the United States Constitution, then you have committed treason,” reads the text accompanying a photo of Omar during her swearing-in. “For Sharia Law is a direct violation and conflict of the United States Constitutional Law.”
