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blue-wave

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Sat Dec 15, 2018, 02:20 AM Dec 2018

Saudi Arabia Declares War on America's Muslim Congresswomen [View all]

Gulf Arab monarchies are using racism, bigotry, and fake news to denounce Washington's newest history-making politicians.


Ever since the midterm election, conservative media in the United States have targeted with special zeal Ilhan Omar, an incoming Somali-American Democratic congresswoman and a devout Muslim who wears hijab. In response to Democrats’ push to remove a headwear ban on the House floor to accommodate Omar, conservative commentator and pastor E.W. Jackson complained on a radio show that Muslims were transforming Congress into an “Islamic republic.”

The Democratic Party has several rising political stars with Arab or Muslim backgrounds, all of whom have become objects of such conspiracy theories. But it’s not only American conservatives who have been indulging in this culture war. The organized attacks have also been coming from abroad—specifically, from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.


Full Article: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/11/saudi-arabia-declares-war-on-americas-muslim-congresswomen/




Am I wrong for having the feeling that the GOPee and Putin, along with their hacks, are behind these attacks?
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