Saba Ahmed

Saba Ahmed (born January 11, 1985)[1] is a founder[2] and president of the Republican Muslim Coalition,[3][4] lawyer at the United States Patent and Trademark Office,[5] and former engineer at Intel.[6] She has urged Muslim Americans to vote Republican.[7] She supports Donald Trump,[3] but has said she is "deeply hurt by [his] ignorant views of Islam."[7]

Biography

She was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, moved to America when she was 12, and then grew up in Oregon.[8]

She came to public attention as a friend of the family of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, convicted for his attempt to bomb a Christimas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon. Ahmed was interviewed by the press.[6] She posited that he may have been "framed."[9][10]

In January 2011, she was in the local news because her family said she was missing, but she was actually safe in California.[11] At that time her family claimed she was diagnosed with a mental disorder, but Ahmed has denied that.[6] In 2011, she ran for U.S. Congress as a Democrat.[5][6]

In 2014 she published an essay in The Guardian, explaining that she had become a Republican in 2014 because she believes her Islamic pro-life, pro-traditional family, pro-business, pro-trade values are aligned with GOP.[4][5][7] In June 2014, at a Heritage Foundation panel on the Benghazi attacks she was taunted by Brigitte Gabriel after asking about their portrayal of all Muslims as bad.[8][12] In 2015, she made headlines for wearing an American flag hijab on Fox News. She was discussing Trump's comment that he would consider shuttering down certain radical mosques after a series of terrorist attacks in Paris. She invited Trump to go to a mosque.[5][13][14][2][15][16][17][18][19]

Election history

Oregon 1st Congressional District Special Democratic Primary Election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Suzanne Bonamici 49,721 65.18
Democratic Brad Avakian 16,963 22.24
Democratic Brad Witt 6,003 7.87
Democratic Dan Strite 1,212 1.59
Democratic Dominic Hammon 923 1.21
Democratic Todd Lee Ritter 651 0.85
Democratic Write-ins 469 0.61
Democratic Saba Ahmed 250 0.33
Democratic Robert Lettin 91 0.12

www.sabaahmed.com

References

  1. ↑ https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/134561/saba-ahmed
  2. 1 2 Nguyen, Tina (11 December 2015). "WHY THESE MUSLIM REPUBLICANS AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT TRUMP". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Republican Muslim Leader Wants Trump To Address Religious Prejudice". National Public Radio. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "I am Muslim and Republican – and was attacked by people in my party". The Guardian. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Who Is Saba Ahmed? Muslim Republican Wearing American Flag Hijab Spars With Trump Spokesperson On Fox News". International Business Times. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Mapes, Jeff (19 August 2011). "Saba Ahmed's unusual race for an Oregon congressional seat". The Oregonian. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 "Saba Ahmed: Urging US Muslims to vote Republican". Al Jazeera. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Heritage event attendee describes 'a hostile, unfriendly environment'". The Washington Post. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Freedman, Samuel G. (8 January 2016). "A Republican Muslim Out to Expand the Ranks". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Theriault, Denis (2 December 2010). "No One Was Going to Die". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  11. ↑ Woolington, Rebecca (20 January 2011). "Missing Beaverton woman found safe in California hotel". The Oregonian. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Milbank, Dana (16 June 2014). "Dana Milbank: Heritage's ugly Benghazi panel". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Can Anyone Explain Why Saba Ahmed is Wearing That?". Huffington Post. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Amatulli, Jenna (18 November 2015). "Total Badass Goes On Fox News In Patriotic Hijab". Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  15. ↑ Canal, Emily (19 November 2015). "Saba Ahmed's American Flag Hijab Is A $10 Scarf Sold In Times Square". Forbes. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Nigh, Ben; Shamsian, Jacob (5 December 2015). "This Muslim woman is a proud Republican — and she thinks Trump will come around on Islam". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  17. ↑ Bettis, Kara (30 November 2015). "Muslim Republican Saba Ahmed works to build bridges". New Boston Post. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  18. ↑ Goldmacher, Shane (11 December 2015). "Republican Muslim Coalition founder to Trump: Come to a mosque with me". Politico. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  19. ↑ Mak, Tim (25 November 2015). "Republican Muslims Hope the GOP Hate Away". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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