As Muslim women fear wearing hijabs, this woman was just elected

As Muslim women fear wearing hijabs, this woman was just elected

This week's election wasn't a total loss for women - America's first Somali-American Muslim woman legislator was elected. Former refugee Ilhan Omar said "it's the beginning of something new" when she accepted the position in Minnesota Nov. 8, proudly wearing a hijab, the Star Tribune reports.

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America’s first Somali-American Muslim woman legislator was elected.

Omar describes herself as a feminist, part-time social justice crusader and full-time political junkie. She stands for paid parental leave, ordinances that respect Muslims, securing urban educator funding and banning environmentally-harmful containers and pesticides.