(Daily Caller) Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar described the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States in a nonspecific way during a recent speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Omar delivered the keynote speech at a fundraiser for […]
(Hill) Ilhan Omar on Saturday and claimed the Minnesota lawmaker “doesn’t like Israel” one day after a New York man was arrested and charged with threatening to kill her. “Special thanks to Representative Omar of Minnesota,” Trump said while delivering remarks at […]
(IPT) A Yahoo bulletin board created in late 2005 by activists associated with a former Hamas-support network laid the groundwork for creating a replacement virulently anti-Israel group, an amended complaint filed in Chicago federal court on March 29 alleges. The new complaint […]
(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued an “action alert” on Thursday encouraging its supporters to pressure Congress to oppose the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2019.” The act was reintroduced in March by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and three other […]
(IPT) Last month, an entourage featuring anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour and Council on American-Relations (CAIR) executive director Nihad Awad protected U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from an outspoken critic. Sarsour has espoused anti-Semitic smears worse than U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a […]
(IPT) Muslim Brotherhood supporters from the New York-New Jersey area lobbied members of Congress Monday to ask them to pressure Egypt about its execution of political opponents. The event piggybacked on a broader Muslim Advocacy Day organized by the U.S. Council of […]
(Hill) Civil rights attorney Zahra Billoo told Hill.TV’s “Rising” on Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has broadened the conversation about how people can speak critically about Israel. “I think that the situation with Congresswoman Omar is an important one,” said Billoo, who […]
(JTA) Almost as soon as a conference call started between Ilhan Omar, the controversial congresswoman, and Jewish community leaders, Hadar Susskind recognized a familiar voice. “I know there are a lot of people who in the last weeks have expressed support in […]
(News & Observer) A talk by Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour calling for a progressive movement in which people may not always agree with one another drew a standing ovation Sunday from most of her audience. About 60 demonstrators, both critics and supporters, […]
(West Fargo Pioneer) Before making history and grabbing headlines during her first embattled months in Congress, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was a student at North Dakota State University. It’s an often-overlooked chapter in her life now consumed with controversy. The 37-year-old Democrat […]
(Arutz Sheva) The Coalition for Jewish Values, representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, is demanding a public apology from activist Linda Sarsour for “peddling in anti-Semitic falsehoods” in order to attack an observant Jewish New York City councilman, […]
(Times of Israel) A New Jersey imam has accused the chief rabbi of the Israeli army of condoning the rape of Palestinian women. In a February sermon at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, NJ, Baker Assaf said Muslims should […]
(JTA) A Muslim community leader in New Zealand dismissed claims by the head of the country’s biggest mosque that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was behind the killing of 50 Muslims at two Christchurch mosques. Mustafa Farouk, president of the Federation of Islamic […]
(Bklyner) A protest against Council Member Kalman Yeger’s “Palestine doesn’t exist” tweet was overtaken Thursday by a raucous counterprotest as the political divide in the Middle East flares up in New York. At about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening, adults and schoolchildren […]
(IPT) The IL Muslim Civic Coalition, which formed last October, claims to be “a partnership of 250+ Activists, Influencers and Organizations. We empower the voices of cultural and diverse Muslims.” It issues voter guides and does candidate training. Last month, it was […]
(New Statesman) I met Tasnime Akunjee for the first time in autumn last year. I was interested in the case of the three girls from Bethnal Green Academy who in February 2015 joined Islamic State (IS) in Syria and, because he was […]
(PA Capital-Star) A Muslim lawmaker in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly called for unity one day after a fellow House member delivered a prayer decried as Islamophobic. Rep. Jason Dawkins, D-Philadelphia, said Tuesday he’d been hesitant to offer the House’s “morning inspiration” in the […]
(PA Capital-Star) The first Muslim woman to serve in the Pennsylvania General Assembly called for one of her colleagues to be censured Tuesday for delivering an inflammatory invocation that she viewed as an instance of blatant “Islamophobia.” “There should definitely be censure […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), one of a group of outspoken progressives among the Democratic freshman class, shared a post-it note place[d] outside her office addressed to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), accusing her of anti-Semitism. “This is the hateful rhetoric & bullying […]
(Jewish Journal) The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is working to deepen engagement with American Muslim communities, institutions and leaders by creating a listening tour. The AJC opened a dialogue in Washington, D.C., this week with leadership from Masjid Muhammad, the Nation’s Mosque, […]
(Newshub) New Zealand’s Jewish community is outraged and revolted after a prominent mosque leader blamed Mossad for being behind the Christchurch terror attack. On Saturday, a group called Love Aotearoa Hate Racism organised a rally for the victims in Auckland’s Aotea Square. […]
(IPT) She certainly looked like Linda Sarsour, the flame-throwing Islamist political activist. And the speaker had Sarsour’s voice. But the woman who spoke Monday night at New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts seemed entirely unfamiliar with Sarsour’s own views. […]
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for devoting more time to her than to anti-Semitic violence in his speech to a pro-Israel conference. Omar has been a frequent target at the American Israel Public Affairs […]
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday pushed back against Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for denouncing the global boycott and sanctions movement against Israel during an appearance before the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference. During a speech before the […]
(Forward) Every year at the end of the AIPAC Policy Conference, members of Congress meet with visiting members of the pro-Israel lobby from their districts who advocate for various bills and resolutions. But Rep. Ilhan Omar will not be among them. AIPAC […]
(PA Capital-Star) A first-year member of the Pennsylvania House on Monday offered a prayer laden with political and Christian imagery shortly before the swearing in of the chamber’s first Muslim woman. Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, R-Clinton, said “Jesus” 13 times, “God” six times, […]
(VOA) Representative Ilhan Omar has a way of attracting attention. Four months ago, the Democrat became the first Somali-American — and one of the first two Muslim women — to serve in the U.S. Congress. Her election was heralded by many as […]
(LA Daily News) Freshman Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America. It’s advice […]
(LA Times) Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, accused President Trump on Saturday of inciting hatred of Islam and inspiring attacks like the killing of 50 people this month in mass shootings at mosques in […]
(LA Daily News) Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a fundraising event in Woodland Hills Saturday, where Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar spoke at the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles’ fourth annual Valley Banquet. The freshman Democrat, one of the first […]
(IPT) It might seem natural for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter to invite U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to speak at Saturday evening’s fundraising dinner. CAIR is predominantly a conservative Sunni-run political organization, and Omar, D-Minn., is one of […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) has been holding a series of secret fundraisers with groups that have been tied to the support of terrorism, appearances that have been closed to the press and hidden from public view. The […]
(JTA) A Jewish father and son were stabbed at an iconic street marketplace in Amsterdam by an Egypt-born seller whom they and others said was a radicalized Muslim. Martin Colmans, the father, and son Sharon sustained light to moderate injuries in the […]
(IPT) Anyone who uses terms including “jihadist,” “violent jihad,” “Islamist terrorism” or “Islamic extremist” is a hater who deserves to be shunned, an influential Muslim political leader argues. Esam Omeish issued this call Friday on Facebook, in the emotional wake of the […]
(JNS) Pro-Israel philanthropist Adam Milstein has said that he remains committed to speaking out against the anti-Semitic rhetoric of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), as well as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), following his announcement that he has […]
(Detroit News) Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib reiterated Wednesday that her criticism of Israel does not equate to hostility against Jews, saying she’s been the first to speak out against anti-Semitism “in a room sometimes where people don’t even want to talk about it.” “When I […]
(Jewish Journal) Simon Wiesenthal Center Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to condemn an imam in her district who preached against a “Zio-Crusader agenda” in a recent sermon. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported that […]
(Jewish Insider) Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) began his town hall meeting with Jewish constituents on Tuesday night with an apology. “As a young congressman, I’ve got to tell you I’m sorry,” Rose confessed to the crowd gathered by the Council of Jewish […]
(JTA) Adam Milstein, a major pro-Israel funder, has withdrawn from speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference following a series of tweets in which he accused two Muslim lawmakers of clashing with “American values.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee distanced itself […]
(Washington Post) It was supposed to be a chance for Muslim and Jewish House Democrats to ease tensions and find common ground. It ended with one lawmaker in tears. At a late-night meeting blocks from the Capitol, about a dozen lawmakers shared […]
(NY Post) Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged Monday that the Democratic Party’s response to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks was “muted” because too many of the party’s officials are fearful of retribution. “You’ve had on the Democratic side voices of anti-Semitism. And I […]
(JTA) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., defended her critiques of Israel as calling for a more “balanced” policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also described Israel as the “historical homeland” of the Jews. In the same op-ed Monday for the Washington Post, the […]
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(CNN) Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial comments about Israel and Jews have driven a wedge through her Democratic Party in Congress. But in her home district in Minnesota, her words are bringing some Jewish and Muslim activists, constituents and leaders together … in […]
(CNN) Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Sunday that she believes Islamophobia “is still very present on both sides of the aisle” in Congress. The remark from Tlaib, who represents Michigan, came as she was discussing criticism aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, who, […]
(NY Post) Jewish voters furious at Democrats’ defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar say they’re done with the party that has held their support for generations. “We felt we had a home there,” said Mark Schwartz, the Democratic deputy mayor of solidly blue […]
(Hill) The student activists who confronted Chelsea Clinton at a vigil in New York City for victims of the New Zealand mosque shootings on Friday said that Clinton’s comments concerning Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) criticism of the Israel lobby “made her vulnerable” to […]
(Daily Caller) A group of NYU students confronted Chelsea Clinton on Friday over her recent condemnation of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, leaving the former first daughter apologizing profusely. The confrontation took place at an NYU vigil meant to honor the 49 […]
(JTA) Berlin is blocking an appearance by convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh, who had been scheduled to speak at a conference on “Palestinian Women Fighting for Liberation.” Following protests, the city’s department for interior affairs announced late Friday afternoon that they had barred Odeh from […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) has gotten behind a push from anti-Israel faculty members at a small private California university to end its study abroad partnership with an Israeli university. The move by faculty members at Pitzer College aims to […]
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