Five Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All but one are members of the Democratic Party. Abraham Hamadeh, who is a member of the Republican Party, is the only exception. No Muslim has ever served in the United States Senate.

She is also one of the first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib) to serve in Congress. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Omar has been the target of derogatory comments from political opponents, including U.S. President Donald Trump , and has received several death threats.

A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress and one of the first two Muslim women elected (along with Ilhan Omar) to Congress. Tlaib was born to working-class Palestinian immigrants in Detroit in 1976.

2024年11月6日 · The Democratic Party’s Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar – the first two Muslim women to serve in the United States Congress – have won re-election to the US House of Representatives.

2023年1月11日 · Six Arab Americans were sworn into the 118th Congress this past week – all of which now hold in the U.S. House of Representatives. First preceded by George A. Kasem of California in 1959, these six members of Congress are …

2025年1月22日 · WASHINGTON—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) have reintroduced the Combating International Islamophobia Act, legislation to address the rise in Islamophobic incidents worldwide.

An experienced Twin Cities policy analyst, organizer, public speaker and advocate, Rep. Omar was sworn into office in January 2019, making her the first African refugee to become a Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim-American women elected to Congress.