Minnesota Democrat Representative-elect Ilhan Omar will become the first woman to wear the hijab in Congress when she takes her seat with her party set to overturn a rule banning head coverings on the House floor.
The Democrats will assume control of the House of Representatives on Thursday and the first order of congressional business is to pass a set of rules regarding the House Governorship.
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One of those rules include changing the ban on head coverings to one that excludes only “non-religious” headwear. As of right now, the rule on head coverings allow Ms Omar to wear her hijab inside the US Capitol building but not on the House floor.
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The rule change will allow Ilhan Omar to wear the hijab, a practice of her Islamic faith, while she is on the House floor to either vote or make speeches.
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“No one puts a scarf on my head but me. It’s my choice—one protected by the first amendment. And this is not the last ban. I’m going to work to lift,” Ms Omar tweeted after she won election in November. Her determination totally reminds me Nigerian Law Graduate, Armasa Firdaus denied Call to Bar over hijab in 2018.
The Somali-American legislator has been outspoken about her desire to wear the hijab while she represents her district in US Congress.
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Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and incoming House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern both supported Ilhan Omar’s request and included it in the rules packaged the party released on Tuesday night.
Hats or head coverings of any kind were banned from the House floor since 1837. The ban was originally enacted 181 years ago because at the time, hat-wearing on the floor was considered “harmless but apparently indecorous.
from daily independent.co.uk
