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Rep. Ellison becomes first Muslim U.S. congressman.(Keith Ellison)(Brief article)
On January 4, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) became the first Muslim U.S. congressman. After the official oath of office with the other representatives in the House chamber, he used the Koran, the holy book of Islam, in an individual ceremonial oath with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the new Speaker of the House.
Ellison used the Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson--thanks to the Library of Congress. But although the book Ellison used has, in the words of the Washington Post, "an unassailably all-American provenance," and provided him with "a savvy bit of political symbolism," it is probably safe to say that Jefferson never swore an oath on the Koran.
Prior to the swearing-in ceremony, Ellison's announcement that he would use the ...
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