‘Healthcare not bombs’: How Gaza shaped Adam Hamawy’s path to US Congress
Former army surgeon and Gaza volunteer Hamawy is the first Muslim American elected to the US Congress from New Jersey.

Former army surgeon and Gaza volunteer Hamawy is the first Muslim American elected to the US Congress from New Jersey.




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US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns anti-Muslim election rhetoric
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.
In one social media post, PM Netanyahu accused Arab voters of ‘raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections’.
The Democratic candidate for the US Senate has been the subject of Islamophobic attacks from Trump.

Trump has launched another fierce anti-Muslim attack on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Former US President Barack Obama joined Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Detroit rally ahead of midterms.
Monitoring group reports more Muslims in Europe face racial discrimination as ‘terrorist’ attack kills one in France.
India’s Muslims fear the demolition of a historic mosque near PM’s house after the imam claimed he got eviction notice.

The minaret of Shahi mosque collapsed during demolition work to widen a road for a Hindu pilgrimage.
The slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.