"Minnesota House Hopeful Calls Marriage, Fraud Claims 'Lies.'" In 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British Somali. "[106] She also condemned the Assad regime in Syria. WASHINGTON, DC The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing claims Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, The Post has learned. 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. 27 October 2018. Some have alleged that this marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was a sham marriage entered into in order to help Ahmed Nur Said Elmi legally enter the United States in order to attend a university, and that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was, in fact, her brother. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. [152] On March 7, the House passed the amended resolution. [102], Omar condemned China's treatment of its ethnic Uyghur people. She responded to Netanyahu that she had intended to meet members of Israel's legislative Knesset and Israeli security officials. Ahmed Elmi Osman: Minister for the Interior and Local Governments Ahmed Elmi Osman: Minister of Security Hassan Osman Mahamud Aloore Minister for Finance Shire Haji Farah: Minister for Justice Ismail Mohamed Warsame Minister of Constitution, Federalism and Democracy Sahro Said Nur Minister of Planning and International Relations Ali Ahmed Faatah Allegations that Elmi is Omars brother first emerged in a since-deleted post to the Somali Spot message board by a user named AbdiJohnson in 2016. "[208][209] Trump later called the crowd "incredible people, incredible patriots" and accused Omar of racism and antisemitism. She co-sponsored a similar bill when she was a member of the Minnesota House. [84] In the same month, Omar was one of 17 Congress members to vote against a House resolution condemning the BDS movement. She has not denied or been able to disprove that she was married to the pair at the same time. Omar has repeatedly denied that her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother; the congresswoman called the allegations "absurd and ridiculous." She says Elmi is a British citizen and. Omar and Hirsi split in 2008, also in a faith-based, not legal, proceeding. Jackson, David. Omar was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 and to Congress in 2018, one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. Omar later clarified that she was referring to the well-documented influence pro-Israeli lobbyists, especially AIPAC, exert in Washington. For example, "Ahmed Nur Said Elmi" implies that Ahmed's father is "Nur," his grandfather is "Said," and his great-grandfather is "Elmi." Also from 2009 until 2017, Ilhan Omar lived with, raised three kids with, and illegally filed multiple joint tax returns with a second man not Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. We've seen repeated reports alleging that Elmi and Omar are brother and sister. ", He added: "Whether by colluding with right-wing outlets to go after Muslim elected officials or hounding family members, legitimate media outlets have a responsibility not to fan the flames of hate.". "Fox 9 Removes Story About Investigation Into Ilhan Omar's Marriage History." Between 2012 and 2013, she was a child nutrition outreach coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Education. She sustained a concussion and was sent to the hospital. The couple had two children together from 2002 to 2008. He still works as a freelance copywriter and editor and while based in London, travels the world. And more important, if Elmi's intention was to enter into a fraudulent marriage with Omar to gain a green card and settle permanently in the United States, it doesn't explain why he left the US and moved back overseas to London just two years after getting married. [149][150] According to The Guardian, election records archived by OpenSecrets "suggest a correlation between pro-Israel lobby campaign contributions and Democratic presidential candidates' position on the controversy. She and Elmi did not obtain a legal divorce until 2017. After marrying, they immediately moved to North Dakota and both enrolled at North Dakota State University. [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. Politifact , the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune have looked deeply into that question and none were able to reach a definitive answer one . ", In response to the rumor, Omar issued a statement in 2016 describing the issue as one based on "a difficult part of my personal history that I did not consider relevant in the context of a political campaign," and she labeled accusations that her former husband was also her brother "absurd and offensive. Omar claims to have married Hirsi in an Islamic ceremony in 2002, then divorced him before marrying Elmi legally. (Screenshot/Power Line) In 2017, she filed for divorce from Elmi and said she hadn't seen him since 2012. Zurowski, Cory. Yet when Mr. Nur Omar Mohamed passed away in June from COVID-19 complications, an outpouring of support from the Somali community wrote his name as "Nur Said Elmi." That is significant because the man Omar was married to from 2009 until 2017 was named "Ahmed Nur Said Elmi." [168] In May 2019, Omar introduced legislation that would sanction Brunei over a recently introduced law that would make homosexual sex and adultery punishable by death. Omar has stated that the couple. [247][2] In 2017, Elmi and Omar legally divorced,[54] and Omar and Hirsi legally married in 2018. The next year, the congresswoman married Elmi, who she described as a British citizen on their marriage license. 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. Omar "was living with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, throughout her entire legal marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, contradicting the story she tells to explain her multiple marriages," the Washington Examiner reported Sunday based on an extensive review of local records such as speeding tickets that display addresses. My father named me Ilham and inspired me to lead a life of service to others. But photographs obtained by DailyMail.com prove he was in the US, in Minneapolis (the town where they got married), until 2012. "[25] Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 when she was 17 years old. The former couple first entered a faith-based marriage in 2002 but separated in 2008. "[217] The Post was quoting a speech Omar had given at a recent Council on AmericanIslamic Relations (CAIR) meeting. BBC. That's based on telltale iconography, naming patterns, webs of linkages and the breadth of the postelection scrubbing. Both Democratic and Republican legislators criticized the ban and requested that Israel rescind it. Why did Omar say in her 2017 divorce filing that she'd had no contact with Elmi since June of 2011 when she was seemingly photographed with him in London in 2015? Omar called the resolution "historic on many fronts" and said, "We are tremendously proud to be part of a body that has put forth a condemnation of all forms of bigotry including anti-Semitism, racism, and white supremacy. ", "Florida Republican condemned for suggesting Ilhan Omar be executed for treason", "Florida Primary Election Results: 13th Congressional District", "Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen", "House Votes To Condemn Trump's 'Racist Comments', "Federal agency: "Go back to where you came from" is discrimination", "Trump slams congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back! DOCUMENTS SHOW SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER IN IMMIGRATION SCHEME TO ACQUIRE A GREEN CARD WHAT ELSE IS SHE HIDING? The evidence uncovered thus far isn't definitive enough to come down on one side or the other. [35][25], Omar attended Thomas Edison High School, from which she graduated in 2001, and volunteered as a student organizer. 296, to recognize the Armenian genocide,[110] causing a backlash. Right-wing bloggers claimed that Omar is married to two men for immigration fraud purposes, and one of them, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. [41], In 2013, Omar managed Andrew Johnson's campaign for Minneapolis City Council. [22] She and her family fled Somalia to escape the Somali Civil War and spent four years in a Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, near the Somali border. He has been in Kenya for the last several weeks. [188], On April 7, 2019, Patrick Carlineo Jr., was arrested for threatening to assault and murder Omar in a phone call to her office. , updated Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was a long-time citizen of the United Kingdom. Why has Elmi not put the matter to rest by coming forward and explaining the nature of his relationship with Omar? Complicating matters further, both the Star Tribune and the Examiner reported that the address in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights that Omar and Elmi listed on their 2009 marriage-license application was the same location Hirsi listed as his home address when applying for a business license with the state government that same year. She said, "The face of the Capitol will forever be changed. Omar said. [98], Omar supports Medicare for All as proposed in the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. I don't know but I'm sure that somebody would be looking at that,' he said. [239], In 2018, Omar was featured in the music video for Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" featuring Cardi B. [136] The Democratic House leadership released a statement accusing Omar of "engaging in deeply offensive anti-Semitic tropes". 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. 2011: Omar and Elmi end their relationship and divorce in their faith tradition, but do not legally divorce until 2017. [12][13][14][15], Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 4, 1982,[16][17] and spent her early years in Baidoa, Somalia. Her congressional district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its first-ring suburbs. Elmi was later granted US citizenship, although he was also chastised by the media. [83], In July 2019, Omar introduced a resolution co-sponsored by Rashida Tlaib and Georgia Representative John Lewis stating that "all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution". Congresswoman Omars office did not respond to request for comment but she has repeatedly denied the allegations calling them disgusting lies.. [45] In November, Omar won the general election, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. [141], On February 27, 2019, Omar said of her critics: "I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country." "[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. The prize is awarded annually on a readership basis. Unlike some states, Minnesota does not recognize common law marriage, and so such a joint filing is not legally permitted. No one named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who is three years younger than Omar, could be seen listed in the documents. As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, in 2017, Rep. 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What may still be of slightly more interest, is her marriage to her previous husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Omar and Elmi split two years later in 2011 and the freshman lawmaker got back together with Hirsi and they had a third child in 2012, records show. In divorce papers asking to dissolve their marriage by alternate means in 2017, Omar swore under penalty of perjury that she had no way of contacting Elmi and said his last known location was London in June 2011. Netanyahu also cited Omar and Tlaib listing their destination as Palestine instead of Israel, claiming he thus viewed their visit as an attempt to "hurt Israel and increase its unrest". 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. "[156][157] Many prominent House Democrats stood by Omar. 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