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most-recent Ilhan Omar: The “As-Salam Alaikum” Victory Speech Ilhan Omar: The “As-Salam Alaikum” Victory Speech https://www.islamicity.org/17378/ilhan-omar-the-as-salam-alaikum-victory-speech/ 17378 2710 0 Nov 7 2018 November 7, 2018 {wpcf-soft-date engaged} Minnesota Democratic Congressional-elect Ilhan Omar speaks at an election night results party in Minneapolis (Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty). http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ilhan_Omar_20181106.jpg <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-BEGIN--><a href="https://www.islamicity.org/17378/ilhan-omar-the-as-salam-alaikum-victory-speech/"><img src='https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ilhan_Omar_20181106.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100' class="thumbnailpostcontent" ></a> <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-END--> https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ilhan_Omar_20181106.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100 Aymann Ismail By: Aymann Ismail   Source: Slate.com Aymann Ismail Slate.com Americas, Featured, Highlights, Life & Society, Women American Muslims, Elections, Ilhan Omar, United States Congress Courage, Hope americas featured highlights life women american-muslims elections ilhan-omar united-states-congress courage hope When Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar stepped on stage tonight as one of the first Muslim women ever elected to Congress—the other, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, was also elected tonight—she led with “as-salam alaikum.” Then: “alhamdulillah.” I’m transported. This was not an acceptance speech I expected to hear. In a cycle recently dubbed “the most Islamophobic… 1 American Muslims American Muslims 3 Warning: Array to string conversion in F:\inetpub\wwwroot\Accounts\IslamiCity.org\wp-content\themes\plain-child\blueprint\shortcode-output\query\system-parts\cell-part-1.php on line 1040 Array 1 1 1 1 1 cell-cell-owl.php filter 1 same-as-desktop 1