In a momentous moment for American Muslims, voters elected two women –Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar – to U.S. Congress as Democrats took the House of Representatives in the intensely fought 2018 midterm polls. The victories of Tlaib, daughter of Palestinian immigrants and Omar, a Somali-born U.S. citizen, also represent a moment of celebration for … Continue reading Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are first American Muslim women elected to Congress