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 ...
Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy made unfounded accusations against Maya Berry, Executive Director of the Arab American Institute, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes the other day. Kennedy asked Berry if she supported Hamas and Hezbollah, which are both designated terrorist groups in the US, prompting shocked react...
