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. Omar has repeatedly denied that her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother; the congresswoman called the allegations "absurd and ridiculous." She says Elmi is a British citizen and. [45] In November, Omar won the general election, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. Hirsi, Ibrahim. Zurowski, Cory. 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. "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 a sibling 15 years, 20 years later to seek to do what people accuse me of?" "[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. On Thursday, as the chaos from the president's comments erupted in America, Elmi was sharing videos from a beach in Mombasa. [38] In September 2018, Jeff Cirillo of Roll Call called her a "progressive rising star". 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? [50][51], In 2018, Republican state representative Steve Drazkowski publicly accused Omar of campaign finance violations,[17] claiming that she used campaign funds to pay a divorce lawyer, and that her acceptance of speaking fees from public colleges violated Minnesota House rules. [123][125] In a 2012 tweet, she wrote, "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel. 17:33 GMT 18 Jul 2019 , updated She settled there with her family in 1997 after fleeing war-torn Somalia as refugees. However, she had filed tax returns with Hirsi before doing so. [212] Many foreign politicians condemned Trump's comments. Being a refugee, Omar does not have an original birth certificate. "Ilhan Omar Offers Answers to Questions About Her Marital History." In October, the mom-of-three filed for divorce from husband Ahmed Hirsi after The Post exclusively revealed allegations she was having an affair with DC political consultant Tim Mynett. [210] On July 19, he falsely claimed that Omar and the rest of The Squad had used the term "evil Jews". New evidence indicates that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was residing with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, while also being legally married to another man, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. They obtained. Yet Omar has still not explained some discrepancies and inconsistencies in her marriage history. After Johnson was elected, she served as his senior policy aide from 2013 to 2015. Jackson, David. Omar's statement. 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 . "Everything about Omar is a fraud, including her name," Trump said at the rally. Omar. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. "[123][129] The comment, particularly the notion that Israel had "hypnotized the world", was criticized as drawing on antisemitic tropes. [197] In November 2019, Danielle Stella, Omar's Republican opponent for Congress, was banned from Twitter for suggesting that Omar be hanged for treason if found guilty of passing information to Iran. He is a member of the ninth Ward Minneapolis City Council and is in command of the Alonda Cano Police Station. Omar has stated that she and Hirsi divorced within their faith tradition in 2008. pic.twitter.com/v3VKm3ysLr, STRANGER THAN FICTION NEWS (@jonrohnson) February 14, 2019. "[151] Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus believed Omar was unfairly targeted because she is a black Muslim, saying that "the Democratic leadership did not draft a resolution condemning Donald Trump or other white male Republicans over their antisemitic remarks. Omar launched her re-election bid on Thursday after a turbulent term where she was criticized for her anti-Semitic remarks, showed reluctance to sanction Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and was slapped with multiple campaign finance complaints after her alleged lover received more than $370,000 from her campaign. [188], On April 7, 2019, Patrick Carlineo Jr., was arrested for threatening to assault and murder Omar in a phone call to her office. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called Omar's remarks "unacceptable". Ahmed Elmi is Ilhan Omar's second husband who she married in 2009 in Minneapolis She had already been married to Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi but only under sharia law - it was never recognized by. The couple had two children together,[2][4] including Isra Hirsi, one of the three principal organizers of the school strike for climate in the US. Their divorce. He lists himself as the founder of an online magazine and counts Esquire magazine and Saatchi & Saatchi among former employers. 18 August 2016. [79] Omar won the primary with 50.3% of the vote to Samuels's 48.2%, a margin of less than 2,500 votes. This collaboration garnered almost half a million views. that she believed U.S. foreign policy and economic sanctions are aimed at regime change and have contributed to the "devastation in Venezuela. Elmi has campaigned in the past for causes in the country. [182], In February 2019, Omar questioned whether Elliott Abrams, whom Trump appointed as Special Representative for Venezuela in January 2019, was the correct choice given his past support of right-wing authoritarian regimes in El Salvador and Guatemala, his initial doubts about the number of reported deaths in the El Mozote massacre in 1982, and his two 1991 misdemeanor convictions for withholding information from Congress about the IranContra affair, for which he was later pardoned by George H. W. Ross Ibbetson For Dailymail.com
Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. ", He added: "Whether by colluding with right-wing outlets to go after Muslim elected officials or hounding family members, legitimate media outlets have a responsibility not to fan the flames of hate.". On July 19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "I reject [Trump's comments] and stand in solidarity with the congresswomen he targeted. She was married at the time to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi though Hirsi fathered her children. In 2016, he asked for help for an educational program to benefit children in 'Somaliland', an unrecognized but independent state. Thanks for contacting us. I don't know but I'm sure that somebody would be looking at that,' he said. "Since before she was elected to office, Ilhan has been the subject of conspiracy theories and false accusations about her personal life," a spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, told the Star Tribune in 2019. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. [102], Omar condemned China's treatment of its ethnic Uyghur people. She has said they had an unofficial, faith-based Islamic marriage. Omar shot down these allegations as "disgusting . 16 August 2016. [60] On June 17, she was endorsed by the Minnesota DemocraticFarmerLabor Party after two rounds of voting. The next year, the congresswoman married Elmi, who she described as a British citizen on their marriage license.
[74][75] She defeated Republican Lacy Johnson and Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Michael Moore in the November 3 general election, with 64.3% of the vote to Johnson's 25.8% and Moore's 9.5%. "[153] Some Minnesota Jewish and Muslim community leaders later expressed continuing concern about Omar's rhetoric and language and indicated that the issue remained divisive in Omar's district. [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. Instead, Omar maintained, she and Hirsi were married in their Muslim "faith tradition.". "[178][179] Following the murder of Floyd, Omar supported the police abolition movement in Minneapolis that sought to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, saying that the department had "proven themselves beyond reform. "[94], Omar supports broader access to student loan forgiveness programs, as well as free tuition for college students whose family income is below $125,000. She reconciles with Hirsi. Following that, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (British Citizen). She said she began to fear for her life when the evacuation began and as she was being escorted to a secure area she made a phone call to the father of her children to "make sure he would continue to tell my children that I loved them if I didn't make it out." Omar was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 and to Congress in 2018, one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. [168] In May 2019, Omar introduced legislation that would sanction Brunei over a recently introduced law that would make homosexual sex and adultery punishable by death. [204] He made a series of false and misleading claims about Omar, including allegations that she had praised al-Qaeda and "smeared" American soldiers who had fought in the Battle of Mogadishu by bringing up the numerous Somali civilian casualties. [78] The campaign primarily focused on crime and Omar's effectiveness in office. [145][146] Omar's spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, said Omar was speaking out about "the undue influence of lobbying groups for foreign interests. In 2011, Hirsi reconnected with his first life partner once more. Between 2012 and 2013, she was a child nutrition outreach coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Education. 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. [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". She suggested he's Islamophobic. They were reportedly married in a religious ceremony in 2002. The evidence uncovered thus far isn't definitive enough to come down on one side or the other. The next year, she. Reacting to the murder of Floyd, the majority of the Minneapolis City Council voted to dismantle the city's police department. Netanyahu also cited Omar and Tlaib listing their destination as Palestine instead of Israel, claiming he thus viewed their visit as an attempt to "hurt Israel and increase its unrest". The Star Tribune reported that Omar was the youngest of seven siblings, and Elmi is three years younger than she. In his honor I am voting for an inspirational ticket over desperate and maddening one", "Rep. Omar filed joint tax returns before she married husband", "Inside Ilhan Omar's tangled web of relationships", "Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar finalizes divorce", "US Rep. Ilhan Omar divorces husband in Minnesota", "Ilhan Omar makes history, becoming first Somali-American elected to U.S. House", "For Democrats, Ilhan Omar Is a Complicated Figure to Defend", "Ilhan Omar is right about the influence of the Israel lobby", "What the controversy over Ilhan Omar's tweets tells us about AIPAC today", "Trump demonized Somali refugees in Minnesota. The controversy continues in the statements Omar made in the divorce documents. At one point, they were. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. [10][11] She has been the target of several death threats, as well as derogatory comments by political opponents, including Donald Trump, as a result of her background. I have yet to legally divorce Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, but am in the process of doing so. 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. [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. [195] In September 2019, she asserted Trump was putting her life in danger by retweeting a tweet falsely claiming she had "partied on the anniversary of 9/11". By
[114][115], In a March 2019 Politico interview, Omar criticized Barack Obama's "caging of kids" along the Mexican border. Prosecutors also alleged that Hasson was in contact with an American neo-Nazi leader, stockpiled weapons, and compiled a hit list. And also like Ocasio-Cortez, Omar has been a frequent subject of unfounded rumors (particularly ones that have targeted her family and religious background). In 2009, Omar she entered into both a "faith" marriage and a legal marriage with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Omar admits the marriage, more or less her second, to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and says that he is not her brother, but refuses to release any documents or specific information to support her story. Roughly half of the 90,000 tweets mentioning her included hate speech or Islamophobic or anti-immigrant language. But as a British citizen Elmi could have studied at any university in the European Union or European Economic Area, and in some of those countries his education would have been tuition-free. No evidence like a birth certificate or other legal document has surfaced to prove the theory. These 13 Republicans voted for it", "House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Putting Social Policy Bill on Hold", "Woman running for Congress in Minnesota rejects anti-Semitism accusations", "The Charismatic Female Stars of the New American Left", "News Brief Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an 'apartheid regime,' wins congressional primary in Minnesota", "With Election Now Over, Ilhan Omar Voices BDS Support", "Muslim Trailblazer Ilhan Omar Admits She Backs BDS Now That Election Is Over", "Pro-Palestinian lawmaker shakes up Israel status quo with seat on foreign affairs panel", "Rep. 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[154], On March 7, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 40723 to condemn "anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and other forms of bigotry" in response to Omar's remarks concerning Israel. Why has Elmi not put the matter to rest by coming forward and explaining the nature of his relationship with Omar? The Examiner further discovered a 2013 local news article which said that Omar and Hirsi "moved to North Dakota so that Omar could finish her bachelor's degree in political science" from 2009 to 2011, the exact time frame during which she was legally married to Elmi, who also attended North Dakota State. [248] The divorce was finalized on November 5, 2019. She then met and married Elmi, a British citizen, in 2009, according to the statement. [171], Omar has been critical of U.S. foreign policy, and has called for reduced funding for "perpetual war and military aggression,"[172] saying, "knowing my tax dollars pay for bombs killing children in Yemen makes my heart break," with "everyone in Washington saying we don't have enough money in the budget for universal health care, we don't have enough money in the budget to guarantee college education for everyone. Jennifer Smith
Elmi moved back to London. [102][103] In October 2018, she tweeted: "The Saudi government might have been strategic at covering up the daily atrocities carried out against minorities, women, activists and even the #YemenGenocide, but the murder of #JamalKhashoggi should be the last evil act they are allowed to commit. [67] She was sworn in on a copy of the Quran owned by her grandfather. Forliti, Amy. Hirsi is the father of Omar's three children. Ahmed Elmi Osman: Minister for the Interior and Local Governments Ahmed Elmi Osman: Minister of Security Hassan Osman Mahamud Aloore Minister for Finance Shire Haji Farah: Minister for Justice Ismail Mohamed Warsame Minister of Constitution, Federalism and Democracy Sahro Said Nur Minister of Planning and International Relations Ali Ahmed Faatah "Marriage Discrepancy Clouds Ilhan Omar's Historic Primary Victory." One of them just won a seat in Congress", "Ilhan Omar reveals racist threat to shoot her at state fair", "Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of color", "Trump Tells Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "On the edge of making history, Ilhan Omar confronts fresh wave of scrutiny", "Ilhan Omar: First female Somali American lawmaker", "We Should Be Paying More Attention to Somalia", "Ilhan Omar's improbable journey from refugee camp to Minnesota Legislature", "Ilhan Omar Just Became the First Muslim Women Elected to US Congress", "Ilhan Omar On Being Unapologetically Muslim", "Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: 'Just Deal', "Ilhan Omar: 'There's a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress, and It Has Nothing to Do With the Fact That I'm a Refugee', "Rep. Ilhan Omar, Somali refugee turned congresswoman, to publish memoir in 2020", "Ilhan Omar elected first Somali-American legislator in the US", "Ex-Somali refugee's U.S. Congress win sparks debate in former home Kenya", "Ilhan Omar's American story: It's complicated", "Ilhan Omar: Who is Minnesota's Somalia-born congresswoman? The social media hashtag #IStandWithIlhanOmar was soon trending in the United States and other countries. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Minneapolis where he was living in a public housing complex and was later evicted. 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. Omar, 37, and Hirsi, 39, have three children; her divorce filing requests joint legal and physical custody. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. "[254], In 2020, HarperCollins published Omar's memoir, This Is What America Looks Like, written with Rebecca Paley. 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. But photographs obtained by DailyMail.com prove he was in the US, in Minneapolis (the town where they got married), until 2012. Elmi's social media account . Omar claimed in 2016, when the rumor that they were related emerged online and denied it as 'absurd and offensive', that he moved to the UK in 2011. [43], In 2016, Omar ran on the DemocraticFarmerLabor (DFL) ticket for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 60B, which includes part of northeast Minneapolis. Numerous public documents obtained and reported by news outlets including the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Washington Examiner, however, cast doubt on Omar's official timeline of her marriage and relationship history. [134][135], A number of Democratic leadersincluding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip Jim Clyburncondemned the tweet, which was interpreted as implying that money was fueling American politicians' support of Israel. Johnson, Scott. " As reported by Business Insider here , there is no hard evidence that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who she legally married in 2009 based on her statement, ( here) is her brother or that Omar committed fraud. She legally wed Hirsi just months later right in time before she was sworn into office in 2018. [85], On January 7, 2021, Omar led a group of 13 House members introducing articles of impeachment against Trump on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors. 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. and
"[208][209] Trump later called the crowd "incredible people, incredible patriots" and accused Omar of racism and antisemitism. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders defended Omar. [41], In 2013, Omar managed Andrew Johnson's campaign for Minneapolis City Council. [123] She compared the movement to people who "engage[d] in boycotts" of apartheid in South Africa. [170] In August 2019, Omar wrote on Twitter in support of the Palestinian LGBT rights group Al Qaws after the Palestinian Authority banned Al Qaws's activities in the West Bank. ", "House passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism and Islamophobia", "These Muslim and Jewish community leaders are united in frustration at Ilhan Omar's comments", "House Votes To Condemn Anti-Semitism After Rep. Omar's Comment", "Rep. 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