Ilhan Omar

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If your outrage depends on who's holding the gun rather than who's under it, you're not practicing human rights. You are involved in politics while claiming to support human rights.

 ‘THE SQUAD’ – US Reps. Ayanna Pressley (from left), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2019
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz visiting Columbus, Ohio, April 6, 2025; illustrative.

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US REPRESENTATIVE Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her husband Tim Mynett listen as Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during a rally on the National Mall, one week before the November 5 US presidential election, in Washington, US, October 29, 2024.

Fraud claims, wine money, Sharia: Ethical storms around Ilhan Omar’s husband

REP. RANDY Fine, former gambling executive, won a special election in a deep-red district on Florida’s northeast coast.

Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews, backed by pro-Israel right


Ilhan Omar, Corbyn slammed by Jews for remarks on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Both Ilhan Omar and Jeremy Corbyn tweeted in support of Holocaust Remembrance Day, immediately drawing criticism from Jewish organizations.

Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.

Thousands call for congressmen to withdraw support for 'antisemitic' CAIR

Over 9,000 Americans have signed a petition calling on 120 members who recently wrote letters of support to CAIR to renounce their backing, arguing that they cannot also be against racism.

Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.

Ilhan Omar: Deal of the Century is theft, erasure

"This political stunt gets us no closer to peace or justice. As a member of Congress, I consider it a non-starter," tweeted Tlaib.

U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019

The radicalization of the Democratic Party

If Israel and its supporters are to begin challenging negative attitudes toward the country on the Left, they must begin to speak the language of the Left.

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN speaks as former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders listen at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, last week.

Warren, Klobuchar, Omar support advocacy group with possible terror ties

The Council on American Islamic Relations celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019, publishing a gala program which included full copies of the letters

Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Minnesota, speaks at a rally ahead of a visit by President Trump in Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S. April 15, 2019

Bernie Sanders builds progressive alliances with Jayapal endorsement

The senator is aiming to build a more diverse support network, having previously faced criticism that his 2016 campaign was too male and too white.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal. D-Wash, holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution as she votes to approve the second article of impeachment against President Donald Trump during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2019

Republican Muslim former refugee launches bid to take Ilhan Omar's seat

Dalia al-Aquidi is tired of Ilhan Omar playing identity politics. "Muslims, Christians, Jews are all Americans," she said.

Democratic congressional candidate Ilhan Omar speaks at her election night party in Minneapolis.

'Ilhan Omar's hypocrisy on Iran sanctions reveals her anti-Israel bias'

Omar has slammed Trump for imposing sanctions upon the Iranian regime, yet was happy to introduce a House resolution in support of the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduces Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., December 13, 2019

Trump: You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon

In the interview, the president also criticized Ilhan Omar: "She hates Israel. She hates Jewish People."

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida, U.S., November 26, 2019

Ilhan Omar 'stricken with PTSD' amid US-Iran tensions

Rep. Jim Banks called Omar's PTSD comments a "disgrace," and "offensive to our nation's veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe."

Capitol Hill security briefing on developments with Iran after attacks by Iran on US forces in Iraq