First Somali lawmaker gets ”Islamophobic threats” in taxi

The first Somali-American lawmaker in the US has said she was subjected to “hateful” anti-Muslim threats from a taxi driver in Washington DC. Minnesota Representative-elect Ilhan Omar said the cabbie threatened to remove her hijab during a confrontation on Tuesday. The 34-year-old said the incident occurred just after she attended policy training at the White […]

The first Somali-American lawmaker in the US has said she was subjected to “hateful” anti-Muslim threats from a taxi driver in Washington DC.
Minnesota Representative-elect Ilhan Omar said the cabbie threatened to remove her hijab during a confrontation on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old said the incident occurred just after she attended policy training at the White House.
Ms Omar, a Democrat, came to the US as a child from a refugee camp in Kenya.
She made history and national headlines last month when she defeated a Republican to gain a seat in Minnesota’s state house of representatives.
“On my way to our hotel, I got in a cab and became subjected to the most hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats I have ever experienced,” she wrote in a post on social media.
Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department said it was not aware of having received any complaint about the incident.