US Muslim lawmaker-elect in proposal to end head-covering ban in Congress
elect Ilhan Omar (3rd from left in front row) is seeking a rules change beginning January 2019 to allow religious head coverings to be worn on the floor of the House of Representatives (AFP Photo/MANDEL NGAN)/ Washington (AFP) - A Muslim congresswoman-elect has co-authored changes to a longstanding rule banning the wearing of head coverings on the US House floor, an effort supported Monday by the nation's largest Muslim rights group. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee who was one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress earlier this ...
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