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Muslim group calls out ‘Law & Order: SVU’ for episode ‘enflaming Islamophobia’ One of the episode’s storylines involved a character who appeared to be an exaggerated version of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

May 14, 2019 Marina Fang

(HuffPost) A Muslim advocacy organization wants the producers of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)” to meet with Muslim community leaders, in response to a controversial episode that aired last week, which viewers criticized for promoting Islamophobia and perpetuating harmful […]

GOP lawmaker slams Pelosi over response to Tlaib controversy

May 14, 2019 Juliegrace Brufke

(Hill) Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for coming out in defense of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) comments on the Holocaust and Israel, alleging the California Democrat “is making a selfish play call for her gavel” instead of standing […]

Congressional Leadership Fund attacks vulnerable Dems for not condemning ‘hateful comments’ by Omar, Tlaib Slotkin: Far-left members 'doing what is right for their districts'

May 14, 2019 David Rutz

(Free Beacon) A pro-Republican super PAC is going after a group of first-term House Democrats for not condemning anti-Semitic rhetoric from far-left members of Congress, particularly after one dismissed the party’s fringier members as “doing what is right for their districts.” The […]

Republicans amp up attacks on Tlaib’s Holocaust comments

May 14, 2019 Scott Wong and Mike Lillis

(Hill) The war of words over race and anti-Semitism is heating up on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both parties launched new salvos Tuesday in the escalating uproar over recent comments from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) invoking the Holocaust. House Republicans fired […]

Ilhan Omar defends Rashida Tlaib, says criticism ‘designed’ to ‘silence’ Muslim voices

May 14, 2019 Joseph A. Wulfsohn

(Fox) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, defended her colleague, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, from criticism over controversial remarks about the Holocaust, insisting that the backlash is “designed” to “silence” Muslim voices. Appearing on MSNBC, Omar said that she and Tlaib, whom she referred […]

Rep. Rashida Tlaib defends Holocaust comments to Seth Meyers: ‘Racist idiots’ twisted my words The congresswoman joked that next time she’ll speak at a fourth-grade level so the ‘racist idiots’ will understand her better.

May 14, 2019 Matt Wilstein

(Daily Beast) Last week, during his fateful interview with Meghan McCain, Seth Meyers urged The View host to be “careful” with the language she has used to criticize Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has been repeatedly accused by the right of promoting […]

Trump hosts iftar dinner without US Muslim groups

May 14, 2019 Patsy Widakuswara

(VOA) U.S. President Donald Trump called it his “great privilege” to welcome ambassadors and diplomats from Muslim-majority nations to the White House for an iftar dinner Monday marking the end of fasting observed by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. He […]

The Florida Democratic Party’s own Muslim anti-Semite Rasha Mubarak believes Israel has no right to defend herself.

May 13, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Anti-Semitism is quickly on the rise within the Democratic Party, and the poster children for it are two high-profile freshmen US representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Florida, too, has its own Democrat Islamist anti-Semite, anti-Israel activist […]

Dems hit back at Trump for attack on Tlaib Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer accused Republicans of twisting her words on the Holocaust for political gain.

May 13, 2019 Sarah Ferris and Katie Galioto

(Politico) Democrats in Congress believe the Republican attacks against their freshman progressives have finally gone too far. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer are charging to the defense of Rep. Rashida Tlaib as she faces a torrent of criticism […]

Trump accuses Tlaib of harboring ‘hatred of Israel and Jewish people’

May 13, 2019 Jordan Fabian

(Hill) President Trump on Monday accused Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) of harboring “tremendous hatred of Israel and the Jewish people” in response to comments she made about the Holocaust. Tlaib said in a recent interview that she has a “calming feeling” when […]

Rashida Tlaib slammed by House GOP over comments on Holocaust, Palestinians

May 12, 2019 Samuel Chamberlain

(Fox) House Republican leaders called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to “take action” against Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Sunday after Tlaib said that thinking about the Holocaust gave her “kind of a calming feeling” in part because in its aftermath, the […]

Omar Suleiman’s invocation triggers textbook ‘Islamophobia’ deflection

May 12, 2019 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Facts, in the social media age, often fail to overcome a simple, emotional punch. That’s especially true when dealing with uncomfortable facts. Rather than offer contrasting information, or even try to explain how a situation or opinion might have changed over […]

Pence calls for Omar to be removed from House Foreign Affairs Committee

May 10, 2019 Tal Axelrod

(Hill) Vice President Pence renewed his calls on Friday for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to be removed from her post on the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her comments about Israel and Venezuela. “Ilhan Omar has made statements, anti-Semitic comments against our […]

CAIR director compares Israel to Nazi Germany at UC Irvine

May 7, 2019 Deborah Danan

(Breitbart) The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles compared “apartheid” Israel to Nazi Germany in a speech he gave to students at the University of California, Irvine, on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day last […]

Conservatives slam Omar over tweet on Gaza violence

May 6, 2019 Brett Samuels

(Hill) Conservative[s] and members of House GOP leadership criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over a tweet in which she lamented the violence in Gaza over the weekend. “How many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired, and little kids must […]

Omar criticizes Israel’s ‘occupation’ of Gaza after weekend violence

May 6, 2019 Owen Daugherty

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) weighed in on the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip after escalation this weekend, with both Palestinian militants and Israeli military forces trading rocket fire. Omar, who in 2018 became one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, […]

Tlaib criticizes New York Times for framing of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

May 5, 2019 Emily Birnbaum

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday criticized the New York Times for its framing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling the paper’s headline about the recent violence in the region “dehumanizing.” Tlaib was responding to a Times headline that read “Gaza militants […]

Omar defends Somalia: ‘That shithole country raised a very proud, dignified person’

May 1, 2019 John Bowden

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s January 2018 remarks calling Haiti, El Salvador and some African nations “shithole countries.” Speaking alongside activist Angela Davis and other black progressives such as Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) at a rally outside the […]

For some conservatives, the Poway shooting is all about Ilhan Omar

April 30, 2019 Ben Sales

(JTA) After a self-avowed white supremacist shot up a California synagogue, some voices on the political right found their culprit: Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali Muslim immigrant who has posted tweets perceived to be anti-Semitic. In its statement on the synagogue […]

Ilhan Omar blasts ‘demented views’ in first extensive comments since Trump tweets

April 30, 2019 Sunlen Serfaty and Noah Gray

(CNN) Rep. Ilhan Omar, in her first extensive remarks since President Donald Trump publicly criticized her comments about 9/11, condemned the president’s “vile attacks” and “demented views.” “We are collectively saying your vile attacks, your demented views are not welcome here,” the […]

Angela Davis, Ayanna Pressley lead rally in support of Ilhan Omar

April 30, 2019 Zack Budryk

(Hill) Activist Angela Davis and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) joined numerous other black women activists and members of Congress in a rally Tuesday to support Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Davis and Barbara Ransby, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and adviser […]

MoveOn makes its first 2020 endorsements: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib

April 29, 2019 Marcy Oster

(JTA) MoveOn, the progressive advocacy movement, in its first official endorsements for the 2020 election cycle said it will back Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib for re-election. The organization said in a statement that it has over 16,000 members in Minnesota’s […]

Rep. Omar speaks to VOA about remarks that sparked controversy

April 29, 2019 Mohamed Olad Hassan

(VOA) The California synagogue shooting that left one dead Saturday has revived a simmering debate over U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and U.S. lawmakers’ relationship with lobbyists for Israel. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and conservative […]

Student claims NYU has allowed ‘extreme anti-Semitism’ on campus

April 27, 2019 Sara Dorn

(NY Post) An NYU pro-Palestinian group whose leader blamed Chelsea Clinton for the New Zealand mosque attacks has created a “hostile atmosphere” for the school’s Jewish students, according to a complaint. The school has allowed “extreme anti-Semitism” to fester on the Greenwich […]

Setting the bar for barring a speaker: Controversy follows Linda Sarsour to Winnipeg The Palestinian-American has a pattern of disrespecting other left-wing activists. But is she an anti-Semite?

April 26, 2019 Bartley Kives

(CBC) In an era when demagogues flourish on social media, reason gives way to rhetoric and opinion masquerades as fact, it’s easy to understand how ordinary, decent people have grown weary and wary of all sorts of political and cultural debates. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]

Ilhan Omar’s allies mum following ‘Black Hawk Down’ controversy

April 26, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has faced a series of controversies over her statements about Israel, Jews and even the 9/11 attacks. Each time, allies were quick to rally to her side and argue the statements weren’t hateful exhibitions of ignorance. But […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called Rep. Ilhan Omar after Trump’s tweet sparked a flood of death threats Twitter did not take down the tweet, despite Omar’s request, a source said.

April 25, 2019 Tony Romm

(Washington Post) Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey phoned Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday and stood by the company’s decision to permit a tweet from President Trump that later resulted in a flood of death threats targeting the congresswoman. The previously unreported […]

Booker: Trump, others’ criticism of Omar ‘trafficking in Islamophobia’

April 24, 2019 Chris Mills Rodrigo

(Hill) Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Wednesday that criticisms of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from President Trump and her other critics are “trafficking in Islamophobia.” “The criticisms of Congresswoman Omar, what Donald Trump has been saying about her, is reprehensible, it is […]

Wiesenthal Center: ‘Grotesque’ for Omar, NYT to say Jesus was Palestinian

April 22, 2019 Aaron Bandler

(Jewish Journal) Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate and director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, called out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and the New York Times for promulgating the notion that Jesus was a Palestinian. Omar re-tweeted an April […]

Rep. Mike Rogers angers constituents with Ilhan Omar Facebook post

April 22, 2019 Howard Koplowitz

(AL.com) Constituents and observers of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers’, R-Saks, Facebook page accused the east Alabama congressman of twisting the meaning of controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar’s words about 9/11 when he said Thursday that the Minnesota congresswoman is among “radical Democrats” that […]

Linda Sarsour urges Muslims to support Rep. Ilhan Omar, ‘the best our community has to offer’

April 22, 2019 Patrick Goodenough

(CNS) Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour urged a group of Muslims demonstrating outside the White House on Sunday to support Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — “the best that our community has to offer” — and to prepare in the 2020 election to “say […]

Ilhan Omar slammed U.S. soldiers involved in ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident

April 22, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) The United States Army was the villain in the “Black Hawk Down” incident in Somalia, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., wrote in a 2017 Twitter post. Omar, a Somali native elected to Congress last fall, was responding to a tweet that […]

Muslims seek to increase activism in state amid Trump attacks

April 19, 2019 Victoria McGrane

(Boston Globe) As President Trump’s attacks against one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress continue to reverberate, dozens of Muslims gathered in the sunlit Great Hall of the State House this week to carry a basic message to lawmakers: […]

‘Your story will be written’: Ilhan Omar’s stormy rise

April 18, 2019 Briana Bierschbach

(MPR) Growing up in Somalia, Ilhan Omar’s bedtime stories were about Araweelo, a tiny queen who ruled over a kingdom where all women were leaders and all men were peasants. Araweelo’s folklore spread throughout Africa, and even long after she died, women […]

How a controversial Muslim figure helped ignite the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 9/11 comments

April 17, 2019 Aysha Khan

(Religion News) Since President Trump tweeted a provocative video juxtaposing clips of Rep. Ilhan Omar and the falling Twin Towers, Omar has faced a surge of criticism along with direct threats of violence, both online and offline. But how did a video […]

Former congressman Keith Ellison: Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar are ‘violent incitement’ ‘I don’t know if they don’t realize they’re risking her safety or they just don’t care,’ said the first Muslim member of Congress and Omar’s Minnesota predecessor.

April 17, 2019 Sam Brodey

(Daily Beast) Former congressman Keith Ellison has a theory for why President Donald Trump is working to make Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) public enemy number one. “She, simply by her existence, is a person who he doesn’t believe belongs,” Ellison said in […]

Rashida Tlaib hosts another extreme anti-Israel, terror-affiliated activist on Capitol Hill

April 17, 2019 Molly Prince

(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib met with another extreme anti-Israel activist and terrorist-supporter in her Capitol Hill congressional office during American Muslims for Palestine Advocacy Day in mid-April. American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) hosted the annual advocacy and training event, […]

Dem candidate in contested North Carolina race refunds donation from Omar campaign

April 17, 2019 Tal Axelrod

(Hill) Dan McCready, the Democratic candidate in the hotly contested House race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, refunded a donation from Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) campaign last month, Federal Election Commission filings show. Omar’s campaign initially donated $2,000 to McCready’s campaign on Nov. 6. The […]

Democrat rejects contribution from Ilhan Omar

April 17, 2019 Brent Scher

(Free Beacon) The reelection campaign for Rep. Lucy McBath (D., Ga.) said Wednesday it rejected a $2,000 contribution sent to it by her fellow Democratic freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar (Minn.), who has been criticized by colleagues on both sides of the aisle […]

Pelosi: Democrats have ‘no taint’ of anti-Semitism in their party

April 16, 2019 Ashley Killough

(CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president is “bankrupt of any ideas” whenever he accuses the Democratic Party of pushing an anti-Semitic agenda and flatly denied the party was growing more hostile to Jews. “We have no taint of that in […]

Two House Dems don’t disclose contributions from Ilhan Omar Anti-Semitic congresswoman shares massive fundraising with four fellow freshmen

April 16, 2019 Brent Scher

(Free Beacon) The reelection campaigns for two freshman Democratic members of the House, Reps. Lucy McBath (D., Ga.) and Jahana Hayes (D., Conn.), failed to disclose large contributions received from the campaign of fellow freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.). The contributions […]

La. attorney general: Omar fundraised for terror-tied group

April 16, 2019 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R.), a former member of Congress and an Army veteran, claimed that freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) has been fundraising for a terror-tied organization that has a “long history of financing terrorist groups such […]

Farrakhan group invokes 9/11 conspiracy theories to defend Omar

April 16, 2019 Mike Brest

(Daily Caller) The Nation of Islam’s research group Tuesday morning appeared to publish a video on Twitter that alleged 9/11 was a hoax orchestrated by the U.S. government. It was narrated by leader Louis Farrakhan in an attempt to demonstrate the group’s […]

Ilhan Omar misstates the facts about CAIR’s founding

April 15, 2019 Angie Drobnic Holan

(PolitiFact) President Donald Trump seized on four words out of a much longer speech by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to launch a blistering political attack about Sept. 11. Omar is one of two Muslim women serving in Congress and a vocal […]

Ilhan Omar supporters hold rally outside Trump event in Minnesota

April 15, 2019 Unlisted Author

(CBS) Supporters of Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota, are demonstrating against President Trump’s planned campaign stop in her home state on Monday, as the president continues to lash out against Omar for what some considered disrespectful or flippant language she had […]

Omar rakes in cash online as controversies pile up The freshman Democrat took in over $832,000, largely from online donors, after facing criticism for using anti-Semitic tropes this winter.

April 15, 2019 Steven Shepard and Sarah Ferris

(Politico) Small-dollar donors rushed to defend embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in the first three months [of] this year, as she faced charges of anti-Semitism from prominent Democrats, according to a fundraising report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. Omar, a […]

Bernie Sanders backs Ilhan Omar again, but says she could do ‘a better job’ addressing Jewish community

April 15, 2019 Gregory Krieg and Annie Grayer

(CNN) Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday night defended Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress, against “outrageous, racist” attacks, while insisting again that criticism of “a right-wing government in Israel” is not tantamount to anti-Semitism. Speaking […]

Trump escalates his attacks on Omar after Pelosi ups her security The president also goes after the House speaker, saying she has ‘lost all control of Congress.’

April 15, 2019 Rebecca Morin and Heather Caygle

(Politico) President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she is seeking protection for the Minnesota congresswoman due to increased death threats following tweets from the president. […]

Progressives back Rep. Omar after Trump criticism sparks threats

April 15, 2019 Andrew Desiderio

(Politico) More than 150 progressive leaders and groups are lining up behind Rep. Ilhan Omar amid intensifying attacks from the right over her controversial comments about the 9/11 terror attacks. Their “solidarity” letter comes a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked […]

Pelosi: Capitol Police working to ‘safeguard’ Omar after Trump 9/11 tweet Ilhan Omar says she has ‘experienced an increase in direct threats on my life.’

April 14, 2019 John Bresnahan and Heather Caygle

(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms “are conducting a security assessment to safeguard Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar, her family and her staff” after a tweet by President Donald Trump. Trump on Friday shared […]