ISLAMABAD – Two democrats Ilhan Oimar and Rashida Tlaib made history inMinnesota and Michigan respectively as the first Muslim women elected to USCongress.
They secure their respective seats in strongly democratic districtsfollowing primary victories earlier this year that effectively decidedtheir races.
Tlaib is endorsed by the democratic socialists of America, a burgeoningleft-wing group.
Oimar, in addition to being one of the first Muslim women in congress, willalso be the first Somali-American member.
She came to the US more than two decades ago as a refugee.
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Omar will come to congress having been an open critic of the Israeligovernment’s treatment of Palestinians.
Tlaib is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants and became the first Muslimfemale member of Michigan’s state legislature a decade ago.
A self-styled progressive, Tlaib is a vocal critic of President DonaldTrump and was arrested two years ago for disrupting a trump speech inDetroit.
