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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Amnesty Report on Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Garners Bipartisan US Fury

Amnesty Report on Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Garners Bipartisan US Fury

Sunday 6 February 2022
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. “Congress can no longer ignore or excuse Israel’s occupation & system of oppression,” McCollum, who has proposed a bill that would restrict Washington’s $3.8bn-a-year military aid to Israel over human rights abuses, wrote in respon ...
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US Lawmakers Call for End to Israeli Regime’s ’War Crime’ in Masafer Yatta

US Lawmakers Call for End to Israeli Regime’s ’War Crime’ in Masafer Yatta

Wednesday 1 June 2022 ،
Ilhan Omar, Mark Pocan, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib -- in the letter. If Israel proceeds with its plans to forcibly displace the indigenous Palestinian residents, the lawmakers pointed out to the Biden administration in the letter, the State Department and the US Embassy in Israel should imm ...
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Over 140 Organizations Support US House Members Urging Biden to Reject Israel’s Criminalization of Palestinian Civil Society

Over 140 Organizations Support US House Members Urging Biden to Reject Israel’s Criminalization of Palestinian Civil Society

Wednesday 20 July 2022 ،
Ilhan Omar, André Carson, Jesús Chuy García, Bobby Rush, Mark Pocan, and Danny K. Davis. The six Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations are Addameer, Al-Haq, Defense for Children International – Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, the B ...
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Group of Democrats Calls for Direct US-Russia Dialogue on Ukraine

Group of Democrats Calls for Direct US-Russia Dialogue on Ukraine

Tuesday 25 October 2022 ،
Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York. The Biden administration has to date approved upwards of $60 billion in military and economic aids to Kiev since February, and Congress is likely to pass another $50 billion aid package before January. Democrats in the House and t ...
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83 Muslim Americans Elected in 2022 Midterm Elections: Report

83 Muslim Americans Elected in 2022 Midterm Elections: Report

Tuesday 15 November 2022 ،
Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Missouri, retained their seats. This marks the highest number of electoral victories for the community of around 3.5 million people, breaking the record of 2020, when 71 Muslim Americans were elected into office. CAIR National Execu ...
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McCarthy Vows to Remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee for Criticizing Israel

McCarthy Vows to Remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee for Criticizing Israel

Monday 21 November 2022 ،
Ilhan Omar over her condemnation of Israeli war crimes if he becomes speaker of the House. Alwaght- The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to remove Democrat Ilhan Omar over her condemnation of Israeli war crimes if he becomes speaker of the House.  He said that Omar wouldn&rsq ...
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Republicans Don’t Want A Muslim in Congress: Ilhan Omar

Republicans Don’t Want A Muslim in Congress: Ilhan Omar

Monday 30 January 2023 ،
Ilhan Omar said Republicans don’t want a Muslim in Congress, reacting to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who has vowed to remove Omar from her committee posts over her condemnation of Israeli regime’s war crimes. Alwaght- Muslim US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said Republicans don’t want a Muslim in ...
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Ilhan Omar Expulsion from Congressional Committee Speaks Against American Freedom of Expression Claims

Ilhan Omar Expulsion from Congressional Committee Speaks Against American Freedom of Expression Claims

Sunday 5 February 2023 ،
Ilhan Omar, who made her way to the US Congress as the first Muslim women in 2015, has been a constant critic of the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians in the Congress. But the Republicans could not tolerate her critical voice, and finally on Thursday, they expelled her from the Foreign Affairs ...
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Canadian Government Partners with Israeli Lobby to Delete Pro-Palestinian Accounts

Canadian Government Partners with Israeli Lobby to Delete Pro-Palestinian Accounts

Monday 20 February 2023 ،
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Bella Hadid – all Muslim women – as anti-Semites for condemning the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli soldiers. Tishby reportedly “singled out only criticism of Israel from Muslim Americans,” showing an appar ...
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Democrats Urge Biden to Change US Policy Towards Israeli Regime’s Atrocities

Democrats Urge Biden to Change US Policy Towards Israeli Regime’s Atrocities

Saturday 15 April 2023 ،
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.  The lawmakers also asked the Biden administration to ensure that US taxpayers' money is not used to finance Israeli regime's illegal settlement projects and to determine whether US military aid to the occupying regime is in violation of the arms ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies