President Trump on Tuesday said that Rep. Ilhan Omar should resign from Congress a day after she apologized for sending out a pair of tweets that many condemned as anti-Semitic. “I think she should either resign from Congress or she should certainly resign from the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” he said,…
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When the Supreme Court turned a blind eye to President Trump’s hostility toward Muslims last summer, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned, in dissent, that the majority was undermining the Constitution’s “foundational principles of religious tolerance.” In so doing, she said, the court was sending a message to “members of minority religions in our…
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Maeen Ali remembers the worry he felt when he first spotted the “Punish a Muslim Day” screed online. The letter, mailed last spring throughout England, encouraged violence that ranged from pulling off a woman’s head scarf to bombing mosques. Each attack, the letter instructed, would be rewarded with points. The…
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Tuesday that her expletive-laden call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment might have been a “distraction” but that it was a sentiment nonetheless shared around the country. “I am not the only one that is this angry and this upset,” the Michigan Democrat said on CNN’s “Erin…
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Since 1837, Congress hasn’t allowed hats on the House floor. But a group of Democrats are hoping to change that rule to ensure religious headwear is exempted. House Democrats unveiled a draft rules package Thursday detailing how they would govern the chamber when they take over the majority in Congress next year….
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In the first federal case on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in U.S. history, a district judge in Michigan recently ruled that the federal ban was unconstitutional. Nine girls were transported across state lines (from Minnesota and Illinois) to Michigan to be cut in a Detroit clinic, after-hours. They were tricked…
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America elected its first two Muslim women to the US House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections: Rashida Tlaib of Michigan’s 13thCongressional District and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota’s 5thCongressional District. Tlaib and Omar are part of a “pink wave” in which a record 100 women ran for Congressional office,…
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All heroes may not wear capes, but thanks to one inspiring group at New York City’s 2018 Comic Con, some definitely wear hijabs. Over the weekend, a group of women attended the annual event in Avengers costumes like many other attendees. They dressed as characters like Thor, Captain America, and…
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As an American who is also a Muslim and a woman, the last year and a half has drained what little enthusiasm I carried for the political process. Last Tuesday however, for the first time since President Trump’s unforeseen win of the presidency, I felt a glimmer of cautious hope…
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“I want people across the country to know that you don’t need to sell out,” Ms. Tlaib said early Wednesday morning. “You don’t have to change who you are to run for office — and that is what this country is about.” Ms. Tlaib is poised to become the first…
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