Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan sparred with Rep. Ilhan Omar over whether the Minnesota Democrat was representative of Muslim values.
“Omar does not represent me as a Muslim, does not represent millions of Muslims in the middle in the Middle East. You know like in Arab countries we call her the Muslim Brotherhood,” the 29-year-old Iraqi-American model told Fox New contributor Sara Carter.
“Hey, I might be wrong but I don’t think you are a #MN05 resident and like that makes be not your representative,” Omar responded Thursday to the article Carter had posted on Twitter.
Hey, I might be wrong but I don’t think you are a #MN05 resident and like that makes be not your representative ??♀️ pic.twitter.com/9DmMFtljKh
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 8, 2019
“Seriously @IlhanMN this is your intellectual come back? I said as a MUSLIM! I dont stand for your anti-American, anti-Semitic, Muslim Brotherhood agenda using this democracy to further YOUR & YOUR FRIENDS Islamic socialism goals of dividing & weakening our country,” Idan fired back at the freshman congresswoman.
Seriously @IlhanMN this is your intellectual come back?
I said as a MUSLIM! I dont stand for your anti-American, anti-Semitic, Muslim Brotherhood agenda using this democracy to further YOUR & YOUR FRIENDS Islamic socialism goals of dividing & weakening our country. @SaraCarterDC https://t.co/H4OYrdM9Y6 pic.twitter.com/7CuYDy44DF— Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) August 8, 2019
Idan connected Omar’s support for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group that critics say has ties to terrorists organizations Hamas and Hezbollah.
It’s clear that @IlhanMN will dismiss your voice and hardships as a Muslim immigrant of color simply if you don’t live in Minnesota #MN05 but she has repeatedly represented the Muslim Brotherhood and their affiliates @CAIRNational ??♀️https://t.co/DO11ExyEG8
— Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) August 9, 2019
The Minnesota congresswomen headlined a CAIR event this spring in which stated: “CAIR was founded after 9/11, because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.”
Critics blasted the congresswoman for downplaying 9/11 as just “something” with the president tweeting out a video of Omar’s comments juxtaposed between 9/11 imagery.
The 37-year-old freshman congresswoman also has a long history of anti-Semitic comments including calling Israel “evil,” suggested the American Israel Public Affairs Committee pays off politicians to be pro-Israel, and accused pro-Israel Jews of having duel loyalties.
Omar apologized for the first two statements calling them “anti-Semitic” but has since said critics use charges of anti-Semitism to silence her.
Idan was born and raised in Baghdad and taught herself English at age 13 by listening to western music. After the U.S.-led Iraq invasion in 2003 she moved to Syria. She returned to Iraq and worked as a translator for the U.S. military before emigrating to America. She describes herself as a secular Muslim.
She was crowned Miss Iraq in America in 2016 and Miss Universe Iraq the following year. She represented Iraq at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant in Las Vegas.
