Americans for the first time sent a Muslim woman to Congress — actually two: Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, and Somali American Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota. She and Rashida Tlaib are the first two Muslim women to win seats in Congress. ( KEREM YUCEL / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )Tlaib won Michigan’s 13th Congressional District and Omar won Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, replacing the first Muslim member of Congress, Keith Ellison, who Tuesday became the state’s attorney general. No single racial or ethnic group accounts for a majority among Muslim immigrants, according to the Pew Research Center. Tlaib is the oldest of 14 children born to Palestinian immigrants, and is the second Palestinian American elected to Congress after Michigan Republican Justin Amash, BuzzFeed reported.

Source: thestar November 07, 2018 16:34 UTC