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After Israel allows West Bank visit to grandmother, Tlaib says she’s not going Legislator cites ‘humiliating’ terms for family trip, which she’d requested after being denied formal visit with Omar; she’d been blasted by Palestinians for ‘surrender’ to Israel

August 16, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib changed her mind Friday on visiting the West Bank, hours after Israel said it would allow her to visit relatives in the Palestinian territory on humanitarian grounds. The about-face was the latest in a series […]

In climbdown, Israel says Tlaib can enter to visit her Palestinian family Congresswoman to be allowed into the country after she vows to respect ‘any restrictions,’ refrain from promoting a boycott during her stay

August 16, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Friday said he would allow Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, whom Israel barred from visiting the country a day earlier along with her colleague Ilhan Omar, to enter Israel on humanitarian grounds. The decision came […]

AIPAC breaks with Netanyahu over Omar-Tlaib decision

August 15, 2019 Rebecca Klar

(Hill) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Thursday broke with Israel’s decision to bar Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) from visiting the country, saying “every member of Congress should be able to visit.” “We disagree with […]

Israel announces US lawmakers Omar and Tlaib will not be allowed to visit Move comes after Trump tweeted that letting them in would ‘show great weakness’; ministry would consider allowing in Tlaib to visit West Bank relatives on humanitarian grounds

August 15, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced on Thursday that Israel has decided to deny entry to two US congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, over their support for boycotting the Jewish state. The two had been expected to travel […]

Israel could bar Omar, Tlaib from visiting, official says Netanyahu discusses thorny issue with AG, top ministers; final decision on the US Congress members lies with interior minister, who has been adamant about banning BDS backers

August 15, 2019 Raphael Ahren

(Times of Israel) After extensive consultations, the Israeli government may decide not to let US Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib enter the country, an Israeli diplomatic official said Thursday. The planned visit of the two controversial freshman lawmakers has made […]

Trump: Israel shouldn’t let Omar, Tlaib visit country

August 15, 2019 Tal Axelrod

(Hill) President Trump on Thursday said Israel should not allow two U.S. congresswomen with whom he has feuded to enter the country for an upcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Trump tweeted that it would show “great weakness” on Israel’s […]

Israel said bracing for likely Omar, Tlaib visit to flashpoint Temple Mount During secret meeting of National Security Council, senior officials agree to allow congresswomen onto holy site, but not accompanied by PA officials

August 14, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Israeli officials are preparing for the likelihood that US congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib may seek to visit the flashpoint Temple Mount in Jerusalem during their upcoming visit to the country, Channel 13 reported Wednesday. The timing of […]

Likud lawmaker Nir Barkat to i24NEWS: Open to meeting US Reps. Omar & Tlaib Barkat said that he would welcome the lawmakers, but not if it is to 'create propaganda'

August 13, 2019 Unlisted Author

(i24) Israeli member of parliament (Likud) and former mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat spoke with i24NEWS on Tuesday evening and said that he would be open to meeting US Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) if they were willing to […]

What Muslim ban? 2020 Democrats go easy on Trump Muslim-American activists say their issues are getting short shrift in the Democratic primary.

August 11, 2019 Holly Otterbein

(Politico) Donald Trump’s travel ban triggered a nationwide backlash on the left — but in the eyes of many Muslims, you wouldn’t know it listening to the Democratic presidential hopefuls. Now, Muslim operatives and activists are expressing alarm that their community has […]

Heads of Republican-Democrat delegation agree: Omar, Tlaib should visit Israel Even critics ‘leave with much more positive view,’ say leaders of largest-ever group of US lawmakers, with 41 Democrats and 31 Republicans to tour; organizers deny Trump objects

August 11, 2019 Raphael Ahren

(Times of Israel) The leaders of an unprecedentedly large bipartisan congressional delegation visiting Israel on Sunday welcomed the plan by two controversial Muslim lawmakers to visit the Jewish state, and Jerusalem’s decision to let them enter the country. The two Democratic freshman […]

Trump tells advisers Israel should bar entry to Reps. Omar and Tlaib

August 10, 2019 Jonathan Swan and Barak Ravid

(Axios) President Trump has told advisers he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should use Israel’s anti-boycott law to bar Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from entering Israel, according to three sources familiar with the situation. What he’s saying: […]

Muslim initiative raises $13,000 to release detained migrant parents

August 8, 2019 Aysha Khan

(Religion News) Led by two of the country’s most prominent imams, hundreds of U.S. Muslims have raised more than $13,000 to bail out detained migrant parents. Launched on Monday (Aug. 5) by the Islamic nonprofit CelebrateMercy, the Muslims for Migrants campaign has […]

Jewish advocacy groups voice concern over partisan rhetoric on Israel

August 7, 2019 Gabriella Muñoz

(Washington Times) Republicans have been aggressive this year in challenging Democrats over support for Israel — and some key Jewish advocacy groups say they fear it is backfiring and sowing more division over U.S. relations with its closest Middle East ally. One […]

Anti-Semitic Va. Democrat dumped water on Fox News host in 2016 Geraldo: Ibraheem Samirah is a 'chicken s—t Mother f—ker'

August 7, 2019 Charlie Hoffmann

(Free Beacon) The Virginia lawmaker who interrupted President Trump’s speech in Jamestown has been identified as the individual who dumped water on Geraldo Rivera at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. A reporter for the Daily Beast filmed Rivera interviewing a group of […]

Sanders, Castro confirm attendance at Houston forum hosted by Muslim organizations

August 5, 2019 Jasper Scherer

(Houston Chronicle) Three top Muslim advocacy organizations are hosting a presidential candidate forum Aug. 31 in Houston as part of the annual Islamic Society of North America convention. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former U.S. housing secretary Julián Castro have confirmed their […]

Tlaib slams Tapper: Comparing Palestinian rights advocates to white nationalists ‘fundamentally a lie’

August 5, 2019 Joe Concha

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) slammed CNN’s Jake Tapper for “comparing Palestinian human rights advocates to terrorist white nationalists,” calling it “fundamentally a lie.” The pushback comes after Tapper, who serves as CNN’s chief Washington correspondent, drew an analogy between the Palestinian movement […]

New York GOP group faces backlash for inviting anti-Muslim speaker who said ‘Nazis were inspired by Islam’

August 2, 2019 Chris Sommerfeldt

(NY Daily News) A group of Big Apple Republicans are under fire for inviting a notorious Islamophobe to speak at one of their events this month. The New York Young Republican Club, which bills itself as the oldest GOP youth group in […]

More presidential candidates are visiting mosques than ever before Prior to the 2020 election, presidential candidates rarely — if ever — visited a mosque on the campaign trail. But that’s changing.

August 1, 2019 Rowaida Abdelaziz

(HuffPost) The day before he appeared onstage at Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee visited the Islamic Center of Detroit to discuss the concerns of Muslim Americans. The roundtable, attended by imams, activists, nonprofit leaders and other community members, lasted […]

NGO petitions to prevent US Rep. Ilhan Omar from entering Israel Shurat HaDin asks court to demand that Interior Minister Aryeh Deri bar Democrat lawmaker over her support for boycotts against Jewish state

July 31, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) An Israeli NGO has filed a petition to have US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar barred from entering the country when she arrives for an upcoming tour because she supports boycotts of Israel. Shurat HaDin told the Times of Israel it […]

Ocasio-Cortez blasts NYT editor for suggesting Tlaib, Omar aren’t representative of Midwest

July 31, 2019 Zack Budryk

(Hill) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday criticized a New York Times editor’s tweet suggesting Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) did not represent the Midwest. Jonathan Weisman, deputy Washington editor of the New York Times, made the comments in response […]

Dearborn man’s jihad journey to Syria chronicled in federal court

July 30, 2019 Robert Snell

(Detroit News) A Dearborn man captured overseas and charged with supporting the Islamic State fought in two countries, fired on Syrian forces and trained in religious and military camps, federal prosecutors said. Prosecutors provided new details about Ibraheem Musaibli’s journey to jihad and […]

Report: Anti-Muslim hate crimes drop for second year in a row

July 30, 2019 Masood Farivar

(VOA) Anti-Muslim hate crimes in 10 of the largest U.S. cities declined last year for the second year in a row, according to a new report from California State University at San Bernardino. There were a total of 53 reported anti-Muslim hate […]

Florida man accused of threatening President Trump

July 30, 2019 Curt Anderson

(AP) A Florida man accused of trying to slash a Walmart employee with scissors now faces federal charges after allegedly threatening President Donald Trump while he was being arrested. Federal court records show Mohammed Omar Haji Mohammed, 36, is charged with making […]

Dem lawmaker who disrupted Trump speech has history of anti-Israel remarks

July 30, 2019 Brooke Singman

(Fox) The Virginia Democratic lawmaker who disrupted President Trump’s speech in Jamestown on Tuesday has a history of making anti-Israel remarks on social media. Ibraheem Samirah, a Virginia state delegate, interrupted Trump’s event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first legislative assembly […]

Islamic State ‘Beatles’ El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey could be tried in UK

July 30, 2019 Dominic Casciani

(BBC) British investigators have enough evidence to prosecute two of the so-called Islamic State “Beatles” in the UK, the Supreme Court has been told. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are accused of belonging to an IS cell which is thought to […]

Virginia state legislator says he disrupted Trump Jamestown speech because of his ‘racism’

July 30, 2019 Justin Wise

(Hill) A Muslim Virginia state legislator on Tuesday interrupted President Trump and shouted “you can’t send us back” as the president delivered remarks at an event in Jamestown, Va., celebrating 400 years of representative democracy. “You can’t send us back, Virginia is […]

Trump shares Fox News report on Somali refugees arrested in Tucson: ‘Get smart people!’

July 30, 2019 Jessica Campisi

(Hill) President Trump in an early morning tweet on Tuesday shared a Fox News report about two Somali refugees who were arrested while allegedly trying to board a flight to join ISIS, saying “Get smart people!” Trump tweeted that the refugees were […]

Muslim woman sues city over removal of hijab for published mug shot

July 29, 2019 Joe Sonka

(Insider Louisville) A Muslim woman arrested during an immigration protest last summer has sued Louisville Metro Corrections and the city, asserting that the forced removal of her hijab for her published mug shot violated her constitutional rights, as well as state and […]

Omar challenger motivated by 9/11 comments

July 25, 2019 Unlisted Author

(KSTP) Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has become a lightning rod for controversy in her less than two years representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. Now, she’s beginning to attract challengers for the 2020 election. “I think there are a lot of disaffected moderate Democrats […]

Rubio shares edited interview clip, calls Omar ‘racist’

July 25, 2019 Rebecca Klar

(Hill) Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) shared an edited portion of an interview with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and accused the congresswoman’s remarks of being “racist” against white people. The 40-second clip Rubio shared is part of a 10-minute interview Omar did with […]

Ilhan Omar’s defiance resonates with Muslim-American activists

July 25, 2019 Brian Padden

(VOA) U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar struck a chord with other Muslim Americans when she denounced a perceived assumption that she is reluctant to condemn or sympathetic to terrorism and atrocities committed by Islamic groups. “Does this need to be on repeat every […]

Rashida Tlaib to receive ‘big welcome’ in family’s West Bank village 'Trump must stop his racist attacks against our woman.'

July 25, 2019 Khaled Abu Toameh

(Jerusalem Post) Preparations are under way in Beit Ur al-Fauqa, 14 km. west of Ramallah, to welcome Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib when she visits her hometown next month. Tlaib’s mother, Fatmeh, and grandmother, Um Issa, traveled to Jordan earlier this week to […]

Muslim Caucus highlights need for greater political engagement Two-day Muslim Caucus conference focused on communicating no Muslim politician should be reduced to their faith alone.

July 24, 2019 Martin de Bourmont

(Al-Jazeera) Participants at the first national gathering of Muslims in politics in the United States spoke of the two-day event, which ended on Wednesday, as an opportunity [to] move American Muslim communities beyond the defensive posture they have been forced to take […]

In resurfaced interview, Ilhan Omar answers question on ‘jihadist terrorism’ by saying Americans should be ‘more fearful of white men’

July 24, 2019 Nick Givas

(Fox) In a resurfaced interview from 2018, anti-Trump Democrat Ilhan Omar responded to a question about the “quote-unquote legitimate fears” some people have of “jihadist terrorism,” by saying Americans should be “more fearful of white men.” In the interview, Al Jazeera host […]

Biden defends Tlaib against ‘go back’ attack: Does Trump know her home is Michigan?

July 24, 2019 Jonathan Oosting

(Detroit News) Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Wednesday defended U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit against continued attacks from Republican President Donald Trump. “It’s outrageous what he’s doing,” the former vice president said of Trump after lunching at the Brome restaurant […]

Ilhan Omar: I’m going to unmask the system of oppression in US At historic conference, Muslim Caucus condemns Trump's attacks, calls for infrastructure for organising Muslim Americans

July 23, 2019 Martin de Bourmont

(Al-Jazeera) An event in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, billed as the first national gathering of Muslims in politics in United States history, began with a resounding … rebuke of racism and Islamophobia emanating from the White House, and a call for Muslims […]

Lawmaker, conservative group seek ethics probes of Rep. Omar

July 23, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AP) A Minnesota state legislator and a conservative group announced Tuesday that they are seeking ethics investigations into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for a range of alleged offenses. Steve Drazkowski, a Republican, and Judicial Watch both say Omar may have committed immigration […]

US citizens and Iranian relatives sue over travel ban

July 23, 2019 Amy Taxin

(AP) A group of American citizens and legal residents trying to bring their Iranian spouses and other family to join them in the United States has filed a federal lawsuit saying they are being unfairly blocked by the Trump administration’s travel ban. […]

Muslim Caucus to hold first conference amid Trump’s attacks Ilhan Omar, others set to speak at first annual conference. Most major 2020 candidates are not attending.

July 23, 2019 Martin de Bourmont

(Al-Jazeera) Muslim political leaders and academics are set to gather in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for what is being billed as the first national gathering of Muslims in politics in United States history. The historic moment comes as President Donald Trump and […]

Trump slams Tlaib as ‘lunatic’ over resurfaced protest video

July 23, 2019 Brett Samuels

(Hill) President Trump took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday, deriding the congresswoman as a “lunatic” after video resurfaced of her protesting a Trump speech in 2016. “I watched just this morning this Tlaib from Michigan,” Trump said at Turning […]

Ilhan Omar marriage flummoxes media fact-checkers The 'baseless smear' that can't be debunked

July 22, 2019 Brent Scher

(Free Beacon) Media outlets scrambled to prove false the accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) married her brother after President Donald Trump mentioned it, but none have been able to definitively reach an answer, largely due to Omar’s unwillingness to provide […]

Muslim civil rights group calls on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to crack down on political hate speech after GOP ‘Jihad Squad’ Facebook post

July 22, 2019 Dan Petrella

(Chicago Tribune) A Muslim civil rights organization called on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign an executive order cracking down on hate speech by elected officials after a faux movie poster labeling four Democratic congresswomen “The Jihad Squad” was posted on the […]

Iran-backed terrorist cells ‘ready to strike’ UK as tension escalates over seized oil tanker (LINK ONLY)

July 21, 2019 EoI News

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Remember: Tlaib interrupted a Trump speech to business leaders … all in the name of ‘doing her part’

July 20, 2019 Beth Baumann

(Townhall) An August 2016 video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) being escorted out of then-candidate Donald Trump’s speech has resurfaced on social media. The video shows security guards removing Tlaib from the speech after interrupting the Republican nominee. “You guys are crazy!” […]

Brooklyn ‘ISIS sniper’ came to US from Kazakhstan through diversity lottery: official

July 20, 2019 Khristina Narizhnaya

(NY Post) The Kazakhstan-born Brooklyn man who the feds say betrayed America — by becoming a top ISIS sniper in Syria — had come to the US through the diversity lottery, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services revealed in an […]

Michigan College Republican loses beauty crown over ‘insensitive’ tweets

July 19, 2019 Jonathan Oosting

(Detroit News) A College Republican leader at the University of Michigan is blasting Miss World America beauty pageant officials for stripping her state title and barring her from a national competition because of provocative social media posts that spurred accusations of racism, […]

Is the US facing a growing terror threat — from Canada? In the first half of 2018, 41 suspects were stopped at the Canadian border, compared to six at the Mexican border

July 19, 2019 Stephen Starr

(National-UAE) While much has been made of the apparent security threat emanating from beyond America’s southern border by the White House and elsewhere, recent events show that it may actually be Canada that presents a greater terror concern to US soil. During […]

It’s 2019 and Democratic presidential candidates are ignoring Muslim voters Muslim organizers say the candidates’ lack of interest in an upcoming gathering reflects a much larger apathy toward their community.

July 19, 2019 Rowaida Abdelaziz

(HuffPost) The president of the United States stood tall and proud at his North Carolina rally as the crowd chanted loudly for him to deport Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the first two Muslim women in Congress. Just days before, Donald Trump had […]

Israeli ambassador says Omar and Tlaib will be allowed in country

July 19, 2019 Caitlin Oprysko

(Politico) Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, both outspoken critics of Israel and its occupation of the West Bank, will be allowed into the country during a trip there in a few weeks, the Israeli ambassador said Friday, potentially heading off a […]

Ilhan Omar happened because media chose to lie to you

July 18, 2019 David Steinberg

(PJ Media) Three years ago, most American newsrooms picked Ilhan Omar — despite her crawling Jew-hatred and evidence of an extensive criminal past — to be the transcendent face America needed to fight bigotry and federal corruption. Reporters apparently chose to lie […]