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Swearing his oath on the Koran: first Muslim elected to Congress.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Keith Ellison (aka Keith Hakim, Keith X Ellison, Keith Ellison-Muhammed) is the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Controversy has now erupted over whether he will be sworn into office with his hand upon the Koran, the holy book of Islam. Ellison, a 43-year-old attorney and a "former" disciple of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, won the November 7 election for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, a Democratic stronghold that includes part of Minneapolis.
The Ellison race attracted financial support from Muslims throughout the United States, and Mideast media giant Al Jazeera and other major Muslim media throughout the ...
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On January 4, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) became the first...House chamber, he used the Koran, the holy book of Islam...the House. Ellison used the Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson...never swore an oath on the Koran. Prior to the swearing-in...
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- Magazine article from: Jet January 22, 2007 700+ words
...CONGRESSMAN TAKES OATH: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim...Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran (inset) as U.S. Speaker...on. Jefferson's personal Koran was published in London in...planned to be sworn in using the Koran, instead of a Bible (JET...
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- Magazine article from: Church & State February 1, 2007 700+ words
...swearing-in of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim...office and demanding the use of the Koran," Goode wrote in the message...Gannett News Service. "I think Keith Ellison really handled things well. I...
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Conservative commentator Dennis Prager is upset that incoming Representative Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota, wants to use the Koran during his swearing in ceremony. "Would they have allowed him to choose Hitler's Mein...
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Keith Ellison, a convert to Islam and Democrat from Minneapolis, became Nov. 7 the first Muslim to be elected to Congress. With 56 percent...
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...hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites. "It was transformative. It was a wonderful experience," Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., told The Associated Press. "I learned a lot about myself, about my faith." A spokesman for the congressman...
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- Magazine article from: Jet December 18, 2006 700+ words
U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison of Minnesota is already shaking things up with conservatives. But it's not for his views on political issues. Instead, the...
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- Magazine article from: The Christian Century October 3, 2006 700+ words
Minnesota lawmaker Keith Ellison won the Democratic primary for his Minneapolis-area congressional district September 12, paving the way for him to become the...
Source: HighBeam Research, Swearing his oath on the Koran: first Muslim elected to...