(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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(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: […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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. […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) expressed frustration over how Democratic leadership is handling criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), saying the freshman congresswomen are “ignored” when they speak up about issues that are important to them. “They put us in photos when they […]
(Daily Beast) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, has condemned the life-threatening tweet from President Trump against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on Democratic and Republican leadership to publicly show support of […]
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(Politico) Several Democratic 2020 hopefuls have come out in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) after conservative media and President Donald Trump attacked her for comments they portrayed as minimizing the September 11 attacks. During an event held by the Council on […]
(Hill) President Trump tweeted an edited video of recent comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) about the 9/11 attacks that provoked an avalanche of conservative criticism. The video shows Omar speaking to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in March interspersed with […]
(Mediaite) Conversations both online and on-air continue to be contentious on the topic of Rep. Ilhan Omar this week. After several prior controversies, one of which resulted in a watered-down House resolution following anti-Semitic comments from the congresswoman, the latest flare-up is […]
(Fox) Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, in a newly resurfaced clip of an old interview, joked about people saying “Al Qaeda” and “Hezbollah” in a severe tone — while noting nobody says words like “America” that way. “When I was in college, […]
(Free Beacon) The Washington Post‘s fact-checker wrote that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) glib remarks referring to the September 11 terrorist attacks called to mind George W. Bush’s famous bullhorn speech at Ground Zero. Glenn Kessler dove into the controversy surrounding the freshman […]
(Politico) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other House Democrats are jumping to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar as she faces yet another wave of conservative attacks for her recent remarks on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “We are getting to the level […]
(NY Post) How pathetic: A member of Congress can’t acknowledge what happened on one of the most horrific days in US history. In a March 23 speech, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) complained of “the discomfort of being a second-class citizen” before claiming […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(AP) The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization says it has accepted an invitation from West Virginia lawmakers to visit the state Capitol in the wake of an Islamophobic display outside the House of Delegates chamber. The Council on American-Islamic Relations made […]
(Washington Post) In Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Jews and Somali immigrants have been partners for decades. When Somali refugees arrived in Minnesota starting in 1993, Jewish leaders saw echoes of their forebears who faced virulent anti-Semitism as newcomers to the state more than […]
(FrontPage) CAIR-Florida has taken down from its website Nezar Hamze’s photo and bio, as he has left the Hamas-linked group and gone elsewhere. His new position, however, poses no less of a threat. Hamze, who is also a deputy at the Broward […]
(Politico) A vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar is set to slip past Wednesday amid intensifying pressure from the left both inside and outside the House Democratic Caucus. An array of progressive groups […]
(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats will take floor action Wednesday in response to controversial remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar about Israel, the second such rebuke of the freshman Democrat from party leaders in recent weeks. Pelosi and other senior Democrats […]
(WABC) February 26, 1993, was a day that changed New York City forever. Tuesday marked 26 years since a car bomb exploded in an underground parking garage of the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring hundreds. The city held a […]
(FrontPage) Four years ago this past December, Saudi-born al-Qaeda senior member Adnan Gulshair el-Shukrijumah (Shukri Jumah) lost his life during a Pakistani Special Forces pre-dawn raid in South Waziristan. Last month, Adnan’s sister Aidah took to Facebook to mourn the anniversary of […]
(Brooklyn Eagle) “We want to be provocative — but in the best possible way,” said Brooklyn Historical Society President Deborah Schwartz as she introduced the latest entry in the organization’s winter events: a roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Debbie Almontaser, founding principal of […]
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(NY Observer) The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will remove an art installation featuring a nine-foot-tall statue of Saudi Arabia’s flag from the World Trade Center campus. “We have been in contact with the 9/11 Memorial and various stakeholders, […]
(AP) A federal magistrate on Friday recommended overturning the controversial 2006 conviction of a California man accused of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and plotting an attack in the United States. Hamid Hayat, now 36, who was then a young […]
(NY Observer) A sculpture celebrating Saudi Arabia’s place in the G20 Summit was erected on the World Trade Center grounds last week, a stone’s throw away from the 9/11 memorial. Shaped to resemble a piece of candy, the nine-foot-tall statue bears the […]
(Deseret News) A new study from the Rand Corporation suggests that focusing on immigrants as a source of potential “jihadist terrorism” in the United States could miss the majority of potential terrorists. That’s because, according to the study, the more prominent threat […]
(Bergen Record) The moment when Donald Trump, then a presidential candidate, claimed at a rally that he saw “thousands and thousands” of people in Jersey City cheering during the 9/11 attacks is seared into Mussab Ali’s memory. Here was a man aspiring for […]
(Religion News) At the end of Jummah prayers at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh on Friday (Nov. 2), its leaders made an unusual request: go attend Friday night services at a synagogue near you. The request came an hour before the funeral […]
(Denver Post) A federal judge sided with one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers in a bench judgment requiring the Federal Bureau of Prisons to hire a food vendor to provide meals that meet his specific Muslim diet requirements. R. Brooke […]
(NJ Herald) On a day of mourning for the 3,000 people killed on Sept, 11, 2001, by Islamic terrorists inspired by Osama bin Laden, a middle school social studies teacher allegedly decided to skip that part of the discussion Tuesday and instead […]
(Christian Post) A community of self-described “revivalist” Muslims is hosting an annual blood drive on the anniversary of 9/11 to demonstrate the opposite of what was done in the name of their faith 17 years ago. In the foyer of the Rayburn […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley appeared outside a mosque that has played host to numerous radical figures during her primary campaign this year. Dr. Wesley Muhammad gave a lecture at Boston’s Muhammad Mosque No. 11 in February entitled “The Secret […]
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