Topic: Ilhan Omar
Close the Prison at Guantánamo Now: Ilhan Omar
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in a new op-ed that Tuesday—the 20th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. offshore prison at the Guantánamo Bay...
Islamophobia: Situation demands not just symbolic gestures, but criminalization and prosecution
The urgency of the situation demands not just symbolic gestures, but the outright criminalization and prosecution of Anti-Muslim hate crimes.
Dire need for an Anti-Islamophobia Act in India
Speaking to Maktoob, Political Anthropologist Sharib Ali said that India needs an anti- islamophobia law that pays attention to the context of hate against Muslims in India.
‘Huge milestone for Muslims around world’: Ilhan Omar on US’s anti-Islamophobia bill
The United States House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve a Democratic proposal for a U.S. State Department office to address Islamophobic bias after a Republican congresswoman used an anti-Muslim slur against a Democratic colleague.
First Somalia airstrike of Biden era: Ilhan Omar demands answers
Rep. Ilhan Omar—the first Somali-American elected to Congress and an outspoken critic of U.S. militarism—on Friday sent a letter to President Joe Biden questioning his rationale behind its first drone strike in Somalia earlier this week, and seeking to hold his administration accountable for a promise it made to compensate families of civilians killed by American airstrikes.
‘No level of harassment will silence me,’ Ilhan Omar slams pro Israel ad campaign
United States Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday vowed not to be deterred from fighting for Palestinian rights after the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC began running ads...
