The next year, the congresswoman married Elmi, who she described as a British citizen on their marriage license. [245], In 2002, Omar became engaged to Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi (n Aden). We found no public records or credible sources contradicting Omar's account of her past, nor any substantive evidence corroborating claims that Elmi is her brother or that their marriage was otherwise fraudulent. Ahmed Elmi is Ilhan Omar's second husband who she married in 2009 in Minneapolis She had already been married to Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi but only under sharia law - it was never recognized by. as well as other partner offers and accept our. And we cannot continue to turn a blind eye to repression in Saudi Arabiaa country that is consistently ranked among the worst of the worst human rights offenders. He married Omar in a legal ceremony in Minnesota in 2009. [28][34] She has spoken about school bullying she endured during her time in Virginia, stimulated by her distinctive Somali appearance and wearing of the hijab. 21 June 2018. Exacts Revenge", "Jayapal Joins Pocan As Co-Chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus", "Sanders proposes canceling entire $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loan debt, escalating Democratic policy battle", "Rep. Omar, alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, releases student-debt cancellation bill", "Ilhan Omar introduces bill to end school lunch debt shaming", "Democratic members of Congress arrested during pro-choice protest", "Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Omar among Democrats arrested at abortion rights protest", "Saudi Arabia Declares War on America's Muslim Congresswomen", "Who's afraid of Ilhan Omar? Omar has stated that she and Hirsi divorced within their faith tradition in 2008. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. [244], On October 19, 2020, Omar joined Ocasio-Cortez, Disguised Toast, Jacksepticeye, and Pokimane in a Twitch stream playing the popular game Among Us, encouraging streamers to vote in the 2020 election. They were said to discuss the claims that Omar married Elmi, a British citizen, so he could obtain a green card and study and work in the United States. "Throwing more money at the very organizations committing human rights abusesand the very Administration directing these human rights abusesis not a solution. Omar then married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she said is a British citizen, on Feb. 12, 2009, according to a marriage certificate issued in Hennepin County. [204] He made a series of false and misleading claims about Omar, including allegations that she had praised al-Qaeda and "smeared" American soldiers who had fought in the Battle of Mogadishu by bringing up the numerous Somali civilian casualties. [169] In June 2019, she participated in Twin Cities Pride in Minnesota. [79] Omar's campaign outspent Samuels's $2.1 million to $800,000; Samuels ran television ads while Omar's campaign did not. Omar's political skills no matter to whom she is (or was) married are remarkable. [2] According to Omar, in 2011 she and Elmi had a faith-based divorce and she reconciled with Hirsi, with whom she had a third child in 2012. In 2012, she served as campaign manager for Kari Dziedzic's reelection campaign for the Minnesota State Senate. WASHINGTON, DC The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing claims Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, The Post has learned. "Where Can UK Students Study for Free?" "[123][129] The comment, particularly the notion that Israel had "hypnotized the world", was criticized as drawing on antisemitic tropes. We sent a list of questions to Omar's spokesman but did not receive responses prior to publication. And why is there no record of Elmi's having applied for or obtained such status if that was the whole point of his supposedly "fraudulent" marriage to his alleged sister? [171], Omar has been critical of U.S. foreign policy, and has called for reduced funding for "perpetual war and military aggression,"[172] saying, "knowing my tax dollars pay for bombs killing children in Yemen makes my heart break," with "everyone in Washington saying we don't have enough money in the budget for universal health care, we don't have enough money in the budget to guarantee college education for everyone. Omar and Hirsi had two children, but in 2008, they obtained a. In the course of that divorce, Ms. Omar submitted an "Application for an Order for Service by Alternate Means" to the State of Minnesota on August 2, 2017, and claimed, among other things, that she had had no contact with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi after June 2011. Conservative bloggers have for years claimed that Omar's second husband, British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and that she married him to help him fraudulently gain a US green card. If Elmi was so desperate for U.S. residency/citizenship status that he engaged in a sham "marriage" with his sister in order to seek it, why did he return to England after his split with Omar? In 2009, she married a man named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she ultimately divorced in 2017. [158], In August 2019, Omar and Representative Rashida Tlaib were banned from entering Israel, a reversal from the July 2019 statement by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer that "any member of Congress" would be allowed in. [42], As of September 2015, Omar was the Director of Policy Initiatives of the Women Organizing Women Network, advocating for women from East Africa to take on civic and political leadership roles. Elmi is reportedly a British citizen who currently lives in the UK. She responded to Netanyahu that she had intended to meet members of Israel's legislative Knesset and Israeli security officials. [104] During her House campaign, she said she did not support the BDS movement, describing it as counterproductive to peace. He even possessed a high school diploma from the United States: Elmi attended a St. Paul, Minnesota high school for his senior. The strongest was mediation lawyer Antone Melton-Meaux, who raised $3.2 million in AprilJune 2020, compared to about $500,000 by Omar; much of Melton-Meaux's funding came from pro-Israel groups. 4 Unproven rumors claim that Omar married her alleged brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to help with immigration issues 20:43 GMT 18 Jul 2019. They reconciled and had a third child in 2012. In 2012, as his ex-wife welcomed her third child, he was in Kuala Lumpur. [107] Omar criticized Trump's decision to impose further sanctions on Iran, saying the sanctions devastated the "country's middle class and increased hostility toward the United States, with tensions between the two countries rising to dangerous levels. On August 9, Omar defeated Mohamud Noor and incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary. What became of Elmi afterwards has remained somewhat of a mystery. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. Ahmed married Omar in 2018 and divorced in 2019. She was married at the time to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi though Hirsi fathered her children. [148] While Senator Cory Booker found her comments "disturbing", he recognized that some of the attacks against her had "anti-Islamic sentiment." [132] Omar said Israelis should not vote for Netanyahu in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election. "Everything about Omar is a fraud, including her name," Trump said at the rally. [47], During her tenure as state Representative for District 60B, Omar was an Assistant Minority Leader for the DFL caucus. Jackson, David. Her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is who Trump was referring to when he made the comment. In a November 17 speech on the House floor, Boebert called Omar a member of the "Jihad Squad" and referred to Omar's "brother-husband. Stop relying on them", "Trump, Pelosi and other US lawmakers express condolences, condemn Sri Lanka bombings", "Democrat Ilhan Omar refuses to back historic US House resolution on 'Armenian genocide', "Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed for abstaining on Armenian Genocide Resolution", "Minnesota Armenians upset U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar didn't support measure recognizing genocide", "Ilhan Omar Refuses to Back Turkey Armenian Genocide Vote, Demands Slave Trade and Slaughter of Native Americans Also Be Acknowledged", "U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar calls Armenian genocide 'an injustice' after not supporting resolution", "Omar alluded to controversial Armenian genocide vote during Sanders rally", "Ilhan Omar Rebukes Barack Obama for 'Caging of Kids' and 'Droning of Countries Around the World', "Rep. Ilhan Omar criticizes Obama and past presidents' 'really bad policies', "Ilhan Omar says Donald Trump is "really not" human, "silly" to compare him to Barack Obama", "The four House Democrats who voted against the border funding bill", "These 6 House Democrats voted against the infrastructure bill. On a marriage certificate dated February 12, 2009, it says that Ilhan Abdullaahi Omar married a man by the name of Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in Hennepin County, Minnesota, who she herself identified as a British citizen. [62] The 5th district is the most Democratic district in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (it has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26) and the DFL has held it without interruption since 1963. Elmi is still in the US according to college officials and social media, 2016: The marriage is brought up during Omar's campaign for congress, She denies it and it is largely ignored because of the lack of proof around it, July 2019: President Trump thrusts the rumor back into the spotlight. [43], In 2016, Omar ran on the DemocraticFarmerLabor (DFL) ticket for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 60B, which includes part of northeast Minneapolis. She released the first names of her six siblings in 2016 and provided a Star Tribune reporter with photographs of her and her siblings' original refugee resettlement documents and identification cards none of which listed Elmi as one of her brothers. The 38-year-olds complicated personal life has been the subject of enduring scrutiny since she was sent to Congress at the 2018 midterm elections. A Somali community member speaking under the terms of anonymity has confirmed to Alpha News that Nur Said Elmi Mohamed is the same person as Nur Said/Nur Mohamed and is the father of Ilhan Omar and Sahra Noor. In response, Omar reaffirmed her remarks, insisting that she "should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee. Omar, 37, and Hirsi, 39, have three children; her divorce filing requests joint legal and physical custody. The post notes that Omar married Ahmed Hirsi in 2002. Coolican, J. Patrick. She said she began to fear for her life when the evacuation began and as she was being escorted to a secure area she made a phone call to the father of her children to "make sure he would continue to tell my children that I loved them if I didn't make it out." Hirsi married another woman a little over a month later in December. "[180] In response to criticisms of her comments, Omar wrote that "No one is defending Maduro" and that opposing US intervention is not the equivalent of supporting the existing leadership of a country. [170] In August 2019, Omar wrote on Twitter in support of the Palestinian LGBT rights group Al Qaws after the Palestinian Authority banned Al Qaws's activities in the West Bank. The former couple first entered a faith-based marriage in 2002 but separated in 2008. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. Omar admits the marriage, more or less her second, to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and says that he is not her brother, but refuses to release any documents or specific information to support her story. . DOCUMENTS SHOW SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER IN IMMIGRATION SCHEME TO ACQUIRE A GREEN CARD WHAT ELSE IS SHE HIDING? That relationship ended, and Elmi has moved back to England. [196], Two Republican candidates for congressional office have called for Omar's execution. Conservative blogger Scott Johnsonpicked up the claims on his Power Line blog, and they were later repeated by President Trump. [237], In 2017, Time magazine named Omar among its "Firsts: Women who are changing the world," a special report on 46 women who broke barriers in their respective disciplines, and featured her on the cover of its September 18 issue. Omar's mother died when she was 2, so she and her siblings were raised by her father and grandfather. Omar and Elmi split two years later in 2011 and the freshman lawmaker got back together with Hirsi and they had a third child. [199][200], On July 14, 2019, Trump tweeted that The Squada group that consists of Omar and three other young congresswomen of color, most of whom were born and raised in the U.S.should "go back" to the "places from which they came". Omar claimed in 2016, when the rumor that they were related emerged online and denied it as 'absurd and offensive', that he moved to the UK in 2011. [123] Then-The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss wrote that Omar's statement tied into a millennia-old "conspiracy theory of the Jew as the hypnotic conspirator". The Star Tribune reported that Omar was the youngest of seven siblings, and Elmi is three years younger than she. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. Prosecutors also alleged that Hasson was in contact with an American neo-Nazi leader, stockpiled weapons, and compiled a hit list. Furthermore, the site Snopes pointed out some significant logical holes in the theory that Elmi is Omar's brother and that she married him to help him gain citizenship. "[57][58][59], On June 5, 2018, Omar filed to run for the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th congressional district after six-term incumbent Keith Ellison announced he would not seek reelection. They were reportedly married in a religious ceremony in 2002. She and Elmi did not obtain a legal divorce until 2017. [74][75] She defeated Republican Lacy Johnson and Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Michael Moore in the November 3 general election, with 64.3% of the vote to Johnson's 25.8% and Moore's 9.5%. [61] Omar won the August 14 primary with 48.2% of the vote. But as a British citizen Elmi could have studied at any university in the European Union or European Economic Area, and in some of those countries his education would have been tuition-free. He reportedly told investigators that he did not want Muslims in the government. [38] In September 2018, Jeff Cirillo of Roll Call called her a "progressive rising star". The post further notes that Omar married her brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, implying that the latter marriage assisted his entry into the United States. Coolican, J. Patrick. Omar shot down these allegations as "disgusting . In 2009, Omar she entered into both a "faith" marriage and a legal marriage with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Why has Elmi not put the matter to rest by coming forward and explaining the nature of his relationship with Omar? The Omars allowed Ilhan, her genetic sister Sahra, and her genetic father Nur Said to use false names to apply for asylum as members of the Omar family." Steinberg also alleges that Rep. Omar married her alleged brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in 2009: he had already reportedly been granted asylum in the UK. [203], At a July 17 campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump made additional comments about The Squad: "They never have anything good to say. According to prosecutors, Hasson is a self-described "long time White Nationalist" and former skinhead who wanted to use violence to "establish a white homeland." On July 19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "I reject [Trump's comments] and stand in solidarity with the congresswomen he targeted. In 2012, Omar and Hirsi reconciled and welcomed their third child. Omar released a lengthy statement when she first ran for office in 2016 to address the persistent rumors that she married her brother, which she called "absurd and offensive," and gave a timeline of her marriage and relationship history. Was attending school in North Dakota instead such a priority as to merit committing marriage and immigration fraud and risking a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in prison? He still works as a freelance copywriter and editor and while based in London, travels the world. On Somalia What Trump said: "She smeared US service members involved in Black. [84] In the same month, Omar was one of 17 Congress members to vote against a House resolution condemning the BDS movement. Instead, they wed in a traditional Muslim ceremony and had two children before splitting up in 2008, Omar has said. The Gateway Pundit has obtained information that is damning for Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. [152] On March 7, the House passed the amended resolution. Given that Omar and her siblings all came to live in the U.S. under identical circumstances as refugees, and that Omar herself became a naturalized U.S. citizen while still a minor, how did one of her siblings end up with such a radically different immigration status that she would have needed to marry him in order to facilitate his U.S. residency application? On another application dated September 30, 2002, Omar applied for a marriage license in Minnesota to marry the father of her . Shortly thereafter, he moved to Minneapolis where he was living in a public housing complex and was later evicted. "[179] Omar hoped to see a new police department that would be modeled after the Camden County Police Department in New Jersey. "Poll: 20% Believe Barack Obama Was Born Outside U.S." [38][39][40], Omar began her professional career as a community nutrition educator at the University of Minnesota, working in that capacity from 2006 to 2009 in the Greater MinneapolisSaint Paul area. Two FBI agents held an hours-long meeting in Minnesota in mid-October with a concerned party who handed over a trove of documents regarding Omars 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a source with knowledge of the event said. Omar said that relationship ended in 2011 and the two divorced in their faith tradition, but Omar didn't take legal action to divorce him until 2017. The couple had two children. As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, in 2017, Rep. Omar swore under penalty of perjury while divorcing her husband (brother?) Omar said. [255], Support for boycott efforts and other criticisms, Remarks on AIPAC and American support for Israel, 9/11 comments and World Trade Center cover, Omar and Elmi were married in 2009. However, its Omars 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi which has raised eyebrows and now prompted the involvement of the FBI, with records indicating she lived with both men at the same time. The controversy continues in the statements Omar made in the divorce documents. Omar legally married her second husband, Elmi, in 2009. [195] In September 2019, she asserted Trump was putting her life in danger by retweeting a tweet falsely claiming she had "partied on the anniversary of 9/11". [242][243], Following a July 2019 tweet by Trump that The Squada group that consists of Omar and three other congresswomen of color who were born in the United Statesshould "go back" to the "places from which they came",[14] Omar and the other members of the Squad held a press conference that was taped by CNN and posted to social media. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune. The unsubstantiated rumors that Omar's ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British national, is her brother and that she married him to help him get a green card circulated around the internet and . [159][160] Less than two hours before the ban, President Trump tweeted that Israel allowing the visit would "show great weakness" when Omar and Tlaib "hate Israel & all Jewish people". Right-leaning blogs have made a sport of digging into Ilhan Omar's personal history, sifting through public records and surfing through social media profiles of people believed to be associated with her, and in so doing they have inevitably surfaced some yet-unanswered questions. [145][146] Omar's spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, said Omar was speaking out about "the undue influence of lobbying groups for foreign interests. [212] Many foreign politicians condemned Trump's comments. ", "House passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism and Islamophobia", "These Muslim and Jewish community leaders are united in frustration at Ilhan Omar's comments", "House Votes To Condemn Anti-Semitism After Rep. Omar's Comment", "Rep. 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