WASHINGTON (AA) – Three Muslim candidates were reelected to the US House of Representatives in Tuesday’s congressional elections. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, held onto her seat in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District. She has been one of the leading voices standing against AmericaR...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US lawmakers on Monday voiced concern over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, and called on the Biden administration to stop military aid to Israel. “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is committing human rights abuses over and over again – bombing hospitals, burning Palestinians alive, blocking food aid,...
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has criticized the alarming rise of Islamophobia in the US, spotlighting recent comments made by Senator John Kennedy during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. In an op-ed for British daily The Guardian, she said instead of addressing the intended focus on increasing hate against Muslim, Jewish, and Pale...
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the alarming rise in hate crimes targeting Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian Americans is drawing mixed reactions. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar praised it, saying she hopes the hearing will inspire meaningful action. The hearing was organized by Senator Dick Durbin as a critical step in addressing hate crimes ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar on Wednesday blasted Secretary of State Antony Blinken for failing to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza. “Now ask yourselves, how does our Secretary of State travel 11 times begging for an end to a situation that we truly have continued to provide the bombs and the weapons that [&he...
Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar is slated to win her primary despite strong opposition from the Israeli lobby. The Minnesota lawmaker is one of the progressives whose 2018 election created the group known as “the Squad”. After recent primary losses by “Squad” members Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman, pro-Israel donors have mobilized substanti...
A House Republican is drafting a resolution to censure lawmaker Ilhan Omar for remarks made at Columbia University, where she allegedly referred to some Jewish students as “pro-genocide.” The move aligns with what observers say are GOP efforts to punish anti-Israel statements. Omar’s comments came during a visit supporting a peace camp. She de...
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations are sweeping across East Coast universities, with students at Yale University joining Columbia in solidarity by staging a sit-in. Yale’s administration cited safety concerns, leading to the arrest of 47 students. At New York University, protests continue against Israel’s war on Gaza and in support of...
Police in New York cleared a sit-in protest being staged by pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University. Video footage showed officers entering the campus and dismantling the encampment on the South Lawn. Despite warnings, some students refused to disperse, resulting in arrests. University President Minouche Shafik claimed the sit-in pos...
Muslim Network TV Progressives are condemning what they say are racist remarks by conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. They say the comments are racially charged, and have likened them to post-9/11 Islamophobia. Jennings called Omar a “public relations agent for Hamas” during a CNN segment, ...
