[22] She and her family fled Somalia to escape the Somali Civil War and spent four years in a Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, near the Somali border. [23][24][25][26] She was raised by her father and grandfather, who were moderate Sunni Muslims opposed to the rigid Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. Since then, he has been gallivanting around London attending music festivals, staying in posh hotels and frequenting local pubs. "[254], In 2020, HarperCollins published Omar's memoir, This Is What America Looks Like, written with Rebecca Paley. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lists the phrase "Go back to where you came from" as an example of "harassment based on national origin". 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Right-leaning blogs have made a sport of digging into Ilhan Omar's personal history, sifting through public records and surfing through social media profiles of people believed to be associated with her, and in so doing they have inevitably surfaced some yet-unanswered questions. [18][19] She was the youngest of seven siblings, including sister Sahra Noor. [42], As of September 2015, Omar was the Director of Policy Initiatives of the Women Organizing Women Network, advocating for women from East Africa to take on civic and political leadership roles. Why did Omar's 2016 campaign literature reference Ahmed Hirsi as her "husband" when she hadn't yet divorced Ahmed Elmi or married Hirsi? Stay up to date with what you want to know. She faced health care worker and conservative activist Jennifer Zielinski in the November 6 general election[63] and won with 78.0% of the vote, becoming the first Somali American elected to the U.S. Congress, the first woman of color to serve as a U.S. Representative from Minnesota,[10] and (alongside former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib) one of the first Muslim women elected to the Congress. [48][49] She authored 38 bills during the 20172018 legislative session. Her three siblings who were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. [229][230], Omar received the 2015 Community Leadership Award from Mshale, an African immigrant media outlet based in Minneapolis. In 2016, Omar lambasted the suggestion that he was her brother, calling it an 'absurd and offensive' suggestion. Omar shot down these allegations as "disgusting . Omar released a lengthy statement when she first ran for office in 2016 to address the persistent rumors that she married her brother, which she called "absurd and offensive," and gave a timeline of her marriage and relationship history. We sent a list of questions to Omar's spokesman but did not receive responses prior to publication. "[172] Omar has criticized the U.S. government's drone assassination program, citing the Obama administration's policy of "droning of countries around the world. She suggested he's Islamophobic. [62] The 5th district is the most Democratic district in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (it has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26) and the DFL has held it without interruption since 1963. She declined to provide copies of the papers, which included refugee resettlement approval forms and identification cards, but they appeared to list her father, siblings and Omar by order of birth, with Omar as the youngest of seven children. At an October 2019 rally in Omar's district in Minneapolis, Trump praised the work of conservative blogger Scott Johnson, who authors the Power Line blog. They were said to discuss the claims that Omar married Elmi, a British citizen, so he could obtain a green card and study and work in the United States. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. [7][8][9], Omar is the first Somali American and the first naturalized citizen of African birth in the United States Congress, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota. [133], In February 2019, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to "take action" against Omar and Rashida Tlaib for their support of the BDS movement. [119][120], On November 5, 2021, Omar was one of six House Democrats to break with their party and vote against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act because it was decoupled from the social safety net provisions in the Build Back Better Act. Omar's political skills no matter to whom she is (or was) married are remarkable. And also like Ocasio-Cortez, Omar has been a frequent subject of unfounded rumors (particularly ones that have targeted her family and religious background). Omar has very unfavorable ratings among Republican respondents and favorable ratings among Democratic respondents. [176], Omar supports a $15 hourly minimum wage.[25][177]. "Ilhan Omar Offers Answers to Questions About Her Marital History." and
that she hadn't seen Ahmed N. Elmi since 2011 and didn't know anyone who could help her contact him. As per reports, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi attended North Dakota State University with Omar between 2009 and 2012. [14][15][201] In response, Omar said Trump was "stoking white nationalism" because he was "angry that people like us are serving in Congress and fighting against your hate-filled agenda. Bush. Elmi has not replied to attempts to contact him by DailyMail.com in the past. However, it wasnt until 2017 that Omar finally got around to divorcing Elmi. In the course of that divorce, Ms. Omar submitted an "Application for an Order for Service by Alternate Means" to the State of Minnesota on August 2, 2017, and claimed, among other things, that she had had no contact with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi after June 2011. "[215][216] According to the study, "Key themes included Muslims as subhumans or 'Trojan horses' seeking to impose Shariah law on America. 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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, List of African-American United States representatives, List of Muslim members of the United States Congress, Women in the United States House of Representatives, "#MyNameIs Ilham, I prefer Ilhan. The FBI is looking into reports that Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) married her brother in order to ease his immigration to the U.S., the New York Post reported on Sunday. She was married at the time to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi though Hirsi fathered her children. Being a refugee, Omar does not have an original birth certificate. U.S. "[106] She also condemned the Assad regime in Syria. Netanyahu also said that Omar and Tlaib did not plan on visiting or meeting with any Israeli officials from the government or the opposition, and additionally accused Miftah, the sponsor of Omar's trip, of having members who support terrorism against Israel (in 2016, Israel approved a visit by five U.S. Because the marriage was never recognized by law, neither is the separation, 2009: Omar marries Ahmed Elmi in Minneapolis, 2010: He enrolls atNorth Dakota State University to study fine art and lives with Omar as well as her first husband, 2011: Omar claims she and Elmi split this year and he went back to the UK. Furthermore, the site Snopes pointed out some significant logical holes in the theory that Elmi is Omar's brother and that she married him to help him gain citizenship. Omar's father Mohamed, is living in the US. [67] She was sworn in on a copy of the Quran owned by her grandfather. Her congressional district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its first-ring suburbs. Persistent claims that leftist congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her own brother to get around US immigration laws may be legitimized by what appears to be a conclusive DNA test. At the meeting, first reported by website The Blaze, the agents discussed concerns the Somali-born Democrat married Elmi, a British citizen rumored to be her brother, so he could obtain a green card and study in America, the source said. [239], In 2018, Omar was featured in the music video for Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" featuring Cardi B. A Somali community member speaking under the terms of anonymity has confirmed to Alpha News that Nur Said Elmi Mohamed is the same person as Nur Said/Nur Mohamed and is the father of Ilhan Omar and Sahra Noor. In a statement, the Minneapolis mayor said they planned to work to address "systemic racism in police culture. She then met and married Elmi, a British citizen, in 2009, according to the statement. [227], In November 2021, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert said she had shared an elevator with Omar, and that she and a Capitol Police officer both mistook Omar for a terrorist. After an extensive background search, I have not been able to . He is also a staunch social activist. Omar then married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she said is a British citizen, on Feb. 12, 2009, according to a marriage certificate issued in Hennepin County. Not only did all of Omar's six siblings also gain refugee status in the US, but siblings can sponsor one another for residency status and a green card under US immigration law negating the need for Omar and Elmi to commit fraud by getting married if he really were her brother. Boebert referred to Omar as the "Jihad Squad". [248] The divorce was finalized on November 5, 2019. Her three siblings who were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi ." While these allegations haven't been picked. [166] U.S. Representative Max Rose (who is Jewish) also criticized the move to ban Omar, adding that Omar and Tlaib did not speak for the Democratic Party. "[143][144] Omar said she was simply criticizing Israel, drawing a distinction between criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu and being anti-Semitic. ", In response to the rumor, Omar issued a statement in 2016 describing the issue as one based on "a difficult part of my personal history that I did not consider relevant in the context of a political campaign," and she labeled accusations that her former husband was also her brother "absurd and offensive. "[179] Omar hoped to see a new police department that would be modeled after the Camden County Police Department in New Jersey. 14 September 2015. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. Omar's statement. In 2011, Elmi moved to London (he is a British citizen of Somali descent), Omar and Hirsi got back together and had their third child a year later. 4 Unproven rumors claim that Omar married her alleged brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to help with immigration issues He has shut down a Facebook account he used to use and turned his Instagram account private on Thursday after Trump's comments. The unsubstantiated rumors that Omar's ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British national, is her brother and that she married him to help him get a green card circulated around the internet and . In divorce papers asking to dissolve their marriage by alternate means in 2017, Omar swore under penalty of perjury that she had no way of contacting Elmi and said his last known location was London in June 2011. In the thread, which has since been deleted from Somali Spot but remains online elsewhere, AbdiJohnson claimed that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, from whom Omar was then separated, was secretly her. But photographs obtained by DailyMail.com prove he was in the US, in Minneapolis (the town where they got married), until 2012. Omar and Elmi split two years later in 2011 and the freshman lawmaker got back together with Hirsi and they had a third child in 2012, records show. They had two children before splitting in 2008. The issue has raised questions about her relationships and allegations from conservative websites that her marriage to Elmi was a sham, intended for immigration purposes. [131], In September 2019, Omar condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to annex the eastern portion of the occupied West Bank known as the Jordan Valley. No hard evidence like a birth certificate or other legal documents has surfaced to prove that Elmi is Omar's brother or that any fraud was committed. Elmi's social media account . Subsequent criticism of Omar's comments often included misleading or false claims about not only her background but what she had actually said, leading some to accuse her critics of indulging in "anti-Jewish paranoia". On August 9, Omar defeated Mohamud Noor and incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary. At one point, they were. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attributed the ban to Israeli law preventing the entry of people who call for a boycott of Israel (as Omar and Tlaib had done with their support for BDS). Omar married her first husband, Ahmed Hirsi, in an Islamic faith ceremony in 2002 when she was 19, but the couple did not obtain a legal marriage certificate. [84] In the same month, Omar was one of 17 Congress members to vote against a House resolution condemning the BDS movement. Powerlineblog.com. Their divorce. [77], In the August 9 Democratic primary, Omar faced former Minneapolis councilman Don Samuels and three other opponents. Like her peer, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), Omar is young, outspoken, and champions progressive politics. She sustained a concussion and was sent to the hospital. "[185], On February 4, 2014, Omar was attacked and wounded by multiple attendees during a DFL caucus for Minnesota's House of Representatives District 60B. [246] Omar has said that she and Hirsi divorced within their faith tradition in 2008. [104][106] She criticized Israel's settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank. [186] She was organizing the event and was a policy aide to Minneapolis City Councilman Andrew Johnson at the time. [47], During her tenure as state Representative for District 60B, Omar was an Assistant Minority Leader for the DFL caucus. The headline read, "REP. ILHAN OMAR: 9/11 WAS 'SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING'", and a caption underneath added, "Here's your something 2,977 people dead by terrorism. Some outlets and blogs have pointed to social media posts from accounts supposedly linked to Elmi in which he posted photos of Omar during the period of time she said in her divorce papers that she wasn't in contact with him, where he seemingly referred to her third child as a "niece.". "As soon as Ilhan Omar married him," the post continues, "he started university at her [a]lma mater North Dakota State University where he graduated in 2012. "For someone like me, who left a war-torn country at the age of 8, who got refugee status to come to America, where in the world am I finding. They obtained. Conservative bloggers have claimed that Omar's second husband, a British citizen named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and that she married him to help him fraudulently gain a US green card. In January 2019, amid the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, Omar joined Democrats Ro Khanna and Tulsi Gabbard in denouncing the Trump administration's decision to recognize Juan Guaid, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as Venezuela's interim president. The unverified rumors that Omar married her brother originated from an anonymous user on a Somali-American internet forum in 2016, and have circulated around the internet ever since. Was attending school in North Dakota instead such a priority as to merit committing marriage and immigration fraud and risking a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in prison? "[108], In October 2019, Omar voted "present" on H.Res. [107] Omar criticized Trump's decision to impose further sanctions on Iran, saying the sanctions devastated the "country's middle class and increased hostility toward the United States, with tensions between the two countries rising to dangerous levels. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders defended Omar. 27 October 2018. Omar engaged in a civil marriage with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 . [158], In August 2019, Omar and Representative Rashida Tlaib were banned from entering Israel, a reversal from the July 2019 statement by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer that "any member of Congress" would be allowed in. The rating on this fact check was changed from "Unproven" to "Unfounded" a rating that Snopes launched after the initial publication of this page based on the absence of demonstrable evidence to support the claim. Omar has stated that she and Hirsi married within their faith tradition in 2002. 2008: She and Hirsi separate. [244], On October 19, 2020, Omar joined Ocasio-Cortez, Disguised Toast, Jacksepticeye, and Pokimane in a Twitch stream playing the popular game Among Us, encouraging streamers to vote in the 2020 election. Despite a 2011 split, Elmi and Omar did not get a legal divorce until 2017. 3. Since 2013, he has enthusiastically shared selfies and photos with friends in English pubs, smoking and drinking. The same is true of the other three members of the Squad. "Where Can UK Students Study for Free?" Hirsi is the father of Omar's three children. 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Omar. Right-wing bloggers claimed that Omar is married to two men for immigration fraud purposes, and one of them, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. [199][200], On July 14, 2019, Trump tweeted that The Squada group that consists of Omar and three other young congresswomen of color, most of whom were born and raised in the U.S.should "go back" to the "places from which they came". The origin of the rumor captured in the above tweet is spotty. [159][160] Less than two hours before the ban, President Trump tweeted that Israel allowing the visit would "show great weakness" when Omar and Tlaib "hate Israel & all Jewish people". [145][146] Omar's spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, said Omar was speaking out about "the undue influence of lobbying groups for foreign interests. 2011: Omar and Elmi end their relationship and divorce in their faith tradition, but do not legally divorce until 2017. Ilhan Omar: Her Back Pages." Jennifer Smith
[124][125] After the election her position changed, as her campaign office told Muslim Girl that she supports the BDS movement despite "reservations on the effectiveness of the movement in accomplishing a lasting solution. Montemayor, Stephen "On the Edge of Making History, Ilhan Omar Confronts Fresh Wave of Scrutiny." According to prosecutors, Hasson is a self-described "long time White Nationalist" and former skinhead who wanted to use violence to "establish a white homeland." She co-sponsored a similar bill when she was a member of the Minnesota House. Politifact , the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune have looked deeply into that question and none were able to reach a definitive answer one . The marriage between Omar and Elmi ended . Elmi's profile in the UK begins in 2013 whenhe started working as a public relations assistant that year, then went on to dabble in fashion writing. 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