Posted on 10/07/2006 4:20:24 PM PDT by Pikamax
Democrat Poised to Become First Muslim in Congress By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
MINNEAPOLIS — Keith Ellison, the Democratic candidate for Congress here, strode among the stalls of exotically printed fabric, telephone cards and sweet tea at a Somali mall, shaking hands with his fellow Muslims.
“The community showed up big!” Mr. Ellison, 43, said, dispensing hugs as he thanked the many immigrant Somalis whose votes had helped him beat six other candidates in a primary race in September.
Mr. Ellison, a stocky criminal defense lawyer who converted to Islam in college, is expected by experts to make history on Election Day by becoming the first Muslim elected to Congress, as well as the first black representative from Minnesota.
“If he wins, he will take the oath of office on a Koran,” Ali Ahmed, a social services worker, said as he wandered through the Karmel Square mall, a popular shopping and social destination for Somali immigrants.
“Our main concern is that Muslims are treated differently from Christians,” Mr. Ahmed said. “So he can show that we are all the same people.”
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I believe he was misquoted. He said: "The community blowed up big!"
Hmmmmmmm.......GEE I WONDER WHY?
See, in America, this isn't supposed to be a factor, what with that messy Constitution thing and all.
But let's not let that interfere with the leftist march to dhimmitude.
Ellison is a vile, degenerate, America-hating, Islamonazi-loving, Jewhating Nazi POS. Powerline has documented this.
So, will he represent infidels, or just muslim males and their chattel?
Good background over at Powerlineblog...
http://www.powerlineblog.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=%22who+is+keith+ellison%22
“If he wins, he will take the oath of office on a Koran,”
Does that include the part about defending the Constitution, which is in direct conflict with the Koran?
Y'all know, "freedom of religion" and all that?
Swearing on the Koran does not bind anyone to tell the truth. Since Alah says it's okay to lie if it helps the cause. This is evident in the movie, NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER, a story of a woman who made her husband swear on the Koran, but once in Iran, Alah isn't like Jehovah God who can not lie. So, let him place his hands on his testicles and swear by them, in middle eastern tradition, if he lies, cut them off.
"Ellison is a vile, degenerate, America-hating, Islamonazi-loving, Jewhating Nazi POS. Powerline has documented this."
Is he also a NOI member? The murderous, subhuman muslim-islamist-arab filth don't consider them 'muslims', at all, IIRC.
Just curious.
Once again, I'm embarassed to be Minnesotan because of some whack-job Dem.
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015484.php
EVERYONE READ THIS. The fix is in in Minnesota, and the Drive-By Media is in on it completely.
Yes, but not the first Muslim sympathizer....
Oh, he's a liberal you mean?
I don't know about you guys and but me thinks he is a terrorist.
Sheesh! Wish I never heard of this turd : )
At the risk of being Ultra-Gross & Vile....this should have been the procedure at Bill CLinton's Inauguration.
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