Jack SEZ: "...no more Macon Bacon.."
Posted on 02/02/2007 4:02:25 AM PST by deaconjim
MACON, Ga. - Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is now working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis.
Ellis, who was raised Christian, said Thursday that he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal.
Ellis said he has been studying the Quran for years and that his new religion was originally practiced by his ancestors before they were brought to North America as slaves.
"Why does one become a Christian?" Ellis said. "You do it because it feels right. It's the right thing for you to do. ... To me it's no big deal. But people like to know what you believe in. And this is what I believe in."
At the request of his two of his daughters, Ellis said he will keep his last name the same.
Ellis has not ruled out future runs for elected office after his term expires this year. But he said he had not made any calculations for how his religious conversion might affect him politically. He said he is an American first and is proud to live in a country founded on religious freedom.
Muslims should not be painted with a broad brush simply because of a few radicals, he said.
"If anybody wants to know about Islam, I can hold an intelligent conversation," Ellis said. "What I've found is how little we know about the religion."
I imagine this might put a crimp in his re-election bid.
Jack SEZ: "...no more Macon Bacon.."
Not surprised.
Hes going to keep his last name, I bet he thinks this will allow him to run for some other office.
Stick a fork in him, hes done!
I didn't know that the various tribes in Africa, 250 years ago, were Muslim. If that it so, then fellow muslims sold his ancestors to the white slavers.
Historically, don't we know where most of the slaves came from in Africa? Were they truly muslims?
What an idiot. His ancestors were slaves captured by muslims, then sold and brought to America. I'm sure they were ever so happy to convert to Islam, the cult of their captors, as they were beaten and broken so they could be sold for a better price as a "tame" domesticated slave.
They had "Islam class" in the cold dark belly of a slave ship to pass the time.
What posseses anyone, especially a black person, to convert to Islam amazes me. Must be the 3 wives thing, plus being able to own as many female slaves as you want that you can pimp out because allah is so forgiving.
Geez, and all this time I thought it was by the leading of the Holy Spirit.
OK and Islam is the current slave trade group.
"If anybody wants to know about Islam, I can hold an intelligent conversation," Ellis said. "What I've found is how little we know about the religion."
its the only reason he kept his last name.. to keep the name recognition
How he got elected in the first is a real mystery to me.
I am astounded that anyone with slaves in their family tree would voluntarily accept a religion that condones and promotes slavery. Is Jack Ellis mentally ill?
Dhimmi Ellis?
How does he know this? They could have worshipped volcanoes. But, the slave captors being Arabs, he is probably right. It was either that or death for the infidel.
beats me, especially when he admits he knows so little of the "religion".
They better keep an eye on this guy, many of these American "converts" seem to turn into terrorists for some reason.
Must have something to do with the "peacefull" nature of the religion.
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