It’s interesting. She has no problem condemning Trump, Jews, Israel, white people, Conservatives, Republicans, and pretty much anyone who doesn’t agree with her. Like if some people did something (interestingly, most Google links on first few pages are about protecting Ilhan, rather than her tone deaf comment). But
Ilhan Omar Shuts Down Constant Calls For Muslims To Condemn Things
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and other Muslim politicians are constantly being asked to condemn groups and issues that her non-Muslim colleagues are not asked to answer for, and she’s tired of it.
Why would we have to be asked to condemn Islamic extremism and female genital mutilation? Jihad? We aren’t the ones involved in it. And we have actually condemned it, which she refuses to do.
Speaking on the opening panel at the Muslim Collective for Equitable Democracy conference on Tuesday, the congresswoman took a question from Ani Zonneveld, founder of the Los Angeles-based group Muslims for Progressive Values. Zonneveld asked if Omar and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) would come out and condemn female genital mutilation.
Omar, who has previously voted for numerous bills against FGM both on the state and federal levels, immediately called the question “appalling.â€
“How often should I make a schedule like this? This needs to be on repeat every five minutes. Should I do that?†she asked Zonneveld.
Notice, the person asking is not a conservative, they aren’t right leaning. She’s part of a group that wants to move Islam into the 21st Century. And that’s how Ilhan responds. Not with “yes, it is despicable and should be stopped.” But, with apoplexy that some dared asked her opinion in a horrible thing done to women.
“So today, I forgot to condemn al Qaeda, so here’s the al Qaeda one. I forgot to condemn FGM. Here that goes. I forgot to condemn Hamas. Here that goes.â€
She’s never condemned any of those. Ever.
The Muslim Collective for Equitable Democracy is heavily linked to CAIR, themselves linked to the extremist Muslim Brotherhood. Also present was Abdul El-Sayed, another extremist. Regardless, she has never condemned any Islamic extremism, otherwise the issue would be dropped. She could say “I did. I have. Do your research.”
“I am quite disgusted, really, to be honest, that as Muslim legislators we are constantly being asked to waste our time speaking to issues that other people are not asked to speak to,†she continued, noting the assumption that Muslims “somehow support†these issues.
Mediate called it an appalling question. What’s appalling is that she refuses to answer.
