Saudi Arabia Declares War on America's Muslim Congresswomen

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Gulf Arab monarchies are using racism, bigotry, and fake news to denounce Washington's newest history-making politicians.


Ever since the midterm election, conservative media in the United States have targeted with special zeal Ilhan Omar, an incoming Somali-American Democratic congresswoman and a devout Muslim who wears hijab. In response to Democrats’ push to remove a headwear ban on the House floor to accommodate Omar, conservative commentator and pastor E.W. Jackson complained on a radio show that Muslims were transforming Congress into an “Islamic republic.”

The Democratic Party has several rising political stars with Arab or Muslim backgrounds, all of whom have become objects of such conspiracy theories. But it’s not only American conservatives who have been indulging in this culture war. The organized attacks have also been coming from abroad—specifically, from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.


Full Article: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/11/saudi-arabia-declares-war-on-americas-muslim-congresswomen/




Am I wrong for having the feeling that the GOPee and Putin, along with their hacks, are behind these attacks?

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I think I asked before if there are any Jewish members of congress who have been forbidden...

to wear yarmulkes?

[oberliner]

3. Yes, all of them

No Jewish member of the US House of Representatives has been allowed to wear a yarmulke.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Interesting. How were they able to get away with that?

[oberliner]

6. I don't think it had been challenged

I could be wrong on this, but I don't believe that any Jewish members of the House have ever asked for permission to wear a yarmulke while on the House floor.

[Hekate]

2. Misogynistic Medieval mfers

If our so-called potus and the GOP had onemshred of decency, theymwould speak up in defense of these American women, now colleagues of theirs.

[Scruffy1]

4. If I recall correctly she got 78% of the vote in her district.

Go ahead and waste your breath and ink,

[delisen]

7. The Women's Movement for equality is World-wide & a threat

to many states run by and for men.

[ck4829]

8. The conspiracy theory should be considered an attack on the Democratic Party as a whole

Omar is solidly progressive and her platform is in line with the Democratic Party.

https://www.ilhanomar.com/vision/