One of the first female Muslim members of Congress took her seat wearing the hijab on Thursday.
Democrat Ilhan Omar made history as she become one of the first two Muslim women to enter Congress - and did so with her head covered.
The 37-year-old who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somali represents the fifth district of Minnesota, which includes all of Minneapolis and some of its suburbs.
Democrats were to formally end the ban on religious head coverings on the House floor on Thursday afternoon as part of a package of rules to govern the House. That package changes the ban on head coverings to exclude 'non-religious headdress.'
That means Omar will be allowed to don her hijab when she's on the House floor to vote and give speeches during normal sessions.
The Somali-American was later ceremonially sworn in on the Koran by Nancy Pelosi, while holding Islamic prayer beads.
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Moment of history: Ilhan Omar took her seat wearing the hijab, the first ever woman to do so and the first person to wear a religious head covering in Congress
The 37-year-old who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somali represents the fifth district of Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar embraces her oldest son after she was sworn by new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday (left). She wore two head coverings, including this colorful orange and red scarf
Hi baby: Ilhan Omar holds fellow Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell's young baby as she mingles with members of the Democratic caucus
With the speaker: Nancy Pelosi posed with Ilhan Omar and her father and family as the Minnesota congresswoman was ceremonially sworn in
Historic swearing-in: Ilhan Omar was ceremonially sworn in on the Koran
New meets old: Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar sat beside Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who chaired the Democratic National Committee before the 2016 election
In power: Ilhan Omar posed with Eric Swalwell's young baby and held in her hand a set of Islamic prayer beads
Mingling time: New congresswoman Ilhan Omar, 37, chatted with other members of Congress and their children
Chat time: Ilhan Omar and other members of Congress took the chance to mingle and talk before the House entered its new session
Getting used to the new scene: Ilhan Omar adjusts the hijab she is allowed to wear on the floor thanks to changed rules
Greeting: Ilhan Omar speaks to other members of Congress as they wait for the arrival of Nancy Pelosi
While regular hats - such as baseball caps and cowboy hats - will continue to be banned, religious gear will be permitted in the 116th Congress.
Omar had been vocal about her desire to wear her head scarf when she is sworn into office on Thursday.
'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,' she tweeted in November after she was elected.
Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Incoming House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern backed Omar in her request and included it in the rules package they released late Tuesday night.
Democratic Representative-elect Ilhan Omar (C) of Minnesota, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, poses in the front row with other incoming newly-elected members
Omar advocated for the rules change in November after she was elected
Many Muslim women wear a hijab - a scarf around their head - for religious reasons.
Omar is joined by Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib of Michigan as the first two Muslim women in Congress, although Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, does not wear a head covering.
Hats of any kind were banned from the House floor in 1837.
With virtually no debate, the rules were modified to read: 'Every member shall remain uncovered during the sessions of the House,' according to the House Historian's office.
In the House's early years, lawmakers and guests routinely donned their hats while the chamber was in session - a custom that harked back to the British Parliament.
Omar, 36, was born in Somalia but she and her family fled the war-torn nation. They came to the United States in 1995, when she was 12, and they ended up in Minneapolis in 1997.
Her election to Congress brought many firsts: the first Somali American and first Muslim refugee elected. Omar was born in Somalia but fled the war-torn country with her family when she was ten, then spent years in a refugee camp in Kenya before being granted asylum in the U.S. and settling first in Arlington, Virginia, then in Minneapolis.
She also became the first woman of color to represent Minnesota on Capitol Hill.
Omar won the House seat formerly occupied by Democrat Keith Ellison, who was the first Muslim congressman to be elected to Congress.
Another lawmaker famous for her head gear, Democratic Rep. Fredrica Wilson of Florida, tried to change the hat ban in 2010 - when she was first elected to Congress - to no avail.
''It's sexist,' Wilson told the Miami Herald at the time. 'It dates back to when men wore hats and we know that men don't wear hats indoors, but women wear hats indoors. Hats are what I wear. People get excited when they see the hats. Once you get accustomed to it, it's just me. Some people wear wigs, or high heel shoes or big earrings or pins. This is just me.''
Ilhan Omar (right) talks to her fellow newly-elected Member of Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) during new member orientation in the U.S. Capitol in November
Rep. Fredrica Wilson, known for her colorful hats, tried and failed to get the ban changed when she was first elected in 2010
Wilson is often seen in the Capitol building donning cowboy hats or sequined creations, of which she owns hundreds.
But she always takes her hat off and carries it in her hand before she walks onto the House floor - a practice she will have to continue given the exception on head gear was only given for religious coverings.
The wearing of the hijab, the burka, and other head coverings has become a fiercely debated issue in many European countries, some of which have banned versions of the covering.
A report from the Open Society Foundations, an international philanthropic organization founded by George Soros, found there are only six countries within the European Union (EU) - Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Portugal, and Romania - that haven't banned Islamic headscarves or face veils in some form or discussed a proposal to do so.
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Main photo article One of the first female Muslim members of Congress took her seat wearing the hijab on Thursday.
Democrat Ilhan Omar made history as she become one of the first two Muslim women to enter Congress – and did so with her head covered.
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