Abrar Omeish – Eye on Islamism

Pro-Palestinian school board member opposes honoring Hamas attack victims: ‘Ignores the root of the violence’ Fairfax County School Board member Abrar Omeish chided fellow members for a moment of silence and not including a pro-Palestine perspective

October 13, 2023 Gabriel Hays

(Fox) A pro-Palestinian Fairfax County School Board member scolded fellow board members Thursday for giving a statement and holding a moment of silence for the victims of Hamas’ recent deadly attack against Israel. During the meeting, Abrar Omeish rebuked the board for […]

Extremist Virginia school board member to retire, citing scrutiny following Youngkin’s election

April 6, 2023 Luke Rosiak

(Daily Wire) The most radical member of the most radical school board in Virginia, Fairfax County’s Abrar Omeish, has declined to run for reelection, citing the toll of investigations into the school system. Omeish voted against a resolution honoring the victims of […]

Abrar Omeish bows out of school board race to work with youth-focused legal nonprofit

April 6, 2023 Angela Woolsey

(FFXnow) The Fairfax County School Board will have a lot of new faces next year — and perhaps, a couple of members reemerging from its past. The latest member to opt out of a reelection bid is at-large member Abrar Omeish, who […]

Va. board member brags about using taxpayers’ $3B for ‘Muslim power,’ pushing Palestinian agenda in schools Fairfax County school board member, Abrar Omeish, previously refused to vote on a motion that would commemorate Sept. 11 victims

March 14, 2023 Hannah Grossman

(Fox) A controversial Fairfax, Virginia, school board member, Abrar Omeish, who previously refused to vote on a motion that would commemorate Sept. 11 victims, shared plans to use $3 billion available in the district’s budget for a Palestinian agenda before she was […]

Controversial school board member endorsed curriculum that removes ‘Islamic terror’ from 9/11 history lessons School board member Abrar Omeish has previously been accused of 'cruel' and 'callous' rhetoric relating to 9/11

March 2, 2023 Hannah Grossman

(Fox) A Fairfax, Virginia, school board member recommended curriculum materials for teachers to use for their lesson plans which opposed using terms such as “radical Islamic terror,” “Islamic terrorists” and “jihadists” when discussing the history of the Sept. 11 attacks. Abrar Omeish […]

Virginia school board member calls Iwo Jima ‘evil’ and ‘unfortunate’

February 24, 2023 Philip Caldwell

(Free Beacon) A member of the Fairfax County, Va., school board raised eyebrows during a Thursday board meeting when she said Iwo Jima, a major U.S. military victory against the Japanese in World War II, was “evil” and should not have happened. […]

Why Virginia’s upcoming election is important for Arabs and Muslims In-depth: With a race that's too close to predict, every community plays an important role in the outcome.

October 31, 2021 Brooke Anderson

(New Arab) Anyone who thought America could relax for a while after the latest presidential election should take a look at Virginia. The streets and airwaves filled with adverts leave no doubt that a close and important vote is around the corner. […]

School system says CAIR refuses to correct ‘misrepresentations’ about claimed 9/11 bullying

September 20, 2021 Luke Rosiak

(Daily Wire) Days after the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Maryland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a press release claiming that a teacher ordered a Muslim student to explain to the class who […]

Proposed 9/11 resolution from school board member who spoke of jihad spends 1 paragraph honoring dead Americans 10 lamenting Muslim discrimination

September 11, 2021 Luke Rosiak

(Daily Wire) Earlier this week, the Daily Wire reported that a school board member whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and who hired as imam a top al-Qaeda operative, opposed a resolution honoring the victims […]

School board member whose father led 9/11 hijackers’ mosque opposes resolution honoring victims Says resolution honoring victims of terror attacks is not 'anti-racist'

September 10, 2021 Luke Rosiak

(Daily Wire) A school board member whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and hired as imam a top Al-Qaeda operative on Wednesday forcefully opposed a resolution honoring the victims of the attacks. Abrar Omeish is […]

LGBTQIA+ students criticize school official’s ‘bigoted comments’ A student-led LGBTQIA+ advocacy group criticized FCPS school board member Abrar Omeish for comments she made during a phone meeting in June.

July 16, 2021 Michael O'Connell

(Patch) An LGBTQIA+ advocacy group representing Fairfax County Public School students criticized at-large school board member Abrar Omeish for “bigoted comments” they say she made during a phone call last month. In a letter posted online at noon Friday, the Pride Liberation […]

Dem tells high school grads they’re entering a world of ‘capitalism’ and ‘white supremacy’ Encourages them to remember 'jihad' and reject objectivity

June 11, 2021 Luke Rosiak

(Daily Wire) A school board member gave a graduation speech in which she told a mainly immigrant class of high schoolers that they were entering a world filled with “racism, extreme versions of individualism and capitalism, [and] white supremacy,” and encouraged them […]

Virginia school board member makes anti-Israel social media posts Allegations of anti-Semitism have plagued Fairfax County schools in recent years

May 13, 2021 Alex Nester

(Free Beacon) A Fairfax County school board member referred to Israel as an “apartheid” state that “kills Palestinians” in two social media posts Thursday morning. In posts celebrating the end of Ramadan, Fairfax County School Board member-at-large Abrar Omeish wrote that Israel […]

School board member sues police after being pepper-sprayed

January 12, 2021 Matthew Barakat

(AP) A Muslim school board member from northern Virginia has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated after she was pepper-sprayed during a traffic stop and then photographed without her hijab following her arrest. Abrar Omeish, who was elected […]

‘A show of force’: Muslim-Americans plan to get the vote out on Super Tuesday Muslim groups say the faithful, despite being small in numbers, could be crucial in some voting states

March 3, 2020 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) Data on Muslim-American voters is scarce and their voting patterns have hardly been studied, but according to a leading political action group, the Muslim vote could make a major difference on Super Tuesday. Voters in 14 US states and […]

Omar celebrates Islamist electoral wins with U.S. MB supporters

November 20, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) For many members of Congress, weekends are spent returning to their home districts to keep in touch with constituents. For U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the weekend of Nov. 8 was devoted to embracing some of the country’s most prominent and problematic […]

US: 26 Muslims elected in Tuesday’s off-year elections Muslims can help fix massive inequities in US healthcare, education, criminal legal system, says head of Muslim NGO Jetpac

November 7, 2019 Vakkas Doğantekin

(Anadolu) About a third of the 81 Muslim-Americans who ran for office in Tuesday’s off-year elections in the U.S. scored electoral victories, according to Muslim-American advocacy groups. A total of 26 Muslim candidates emerged winners on Tuesday night, and so far this […]

Islamist wins Virginia school board seat

November 6, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) The daughter of one of America’s most prominent Islamist leaders became the youngest woman and one of the first Muslim women elected to office in Virginia on Tuesday. Abrar Omeish, 24, won an at-large seat on the Fairfax County school board […]

Muslim Democrats Ghazala Hashmi, Abrar Omeish make history in Virginia elections Hashmi was elected to the state Senate and Omeish to the Fairfax County School Board. They’re among the first Muslims to hold elected office in Virginia.

November 6, 2019 Dominique Mosbergen

(HuffPost) Democrats Ghazala Hashmi and Abrar Omeish made history in Virginia’s elections on Tuesday. In a surprise victory, Hashmi unseated incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant in the state Senate, and Omeish clinched one of three vacant seats on the Fairfax County School Board. […]

MB-linked American Muslim leaders embrace Virginia school board candidate

June 5, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) American Muslim leaders with documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood congratulated Fairfax County, Va., at-large school board candidate Abrar Omeish on winning the endorsement of the county’s Democratic Party, posts on her father Esam Omeish’s Facebook page show. She serves as […]

Muslim candidates feel the effect of Trump attacks on Ilhan Omar Some Muslim Americans running for office in Virginia have seen a rise in death threats since the controversy.

May 26, 2019 Amanda Terkel

(HuffPost) President Donald Trump’s decision to vilify Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has had real, harmful effects not just on the first-year congresswoman, but on Muslim candidates running for public office at the state and local levels as well. In March, Omar faced […]