Posted on 01/08/2009 4:01:21 PM PST by indcons
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison's groundbreaking pilgrimage to Mecca last month was paid for by an American Muslim organization that has ties to Islamic radicals and is "the Muslim equivalent of the neo-Nazi party," his critics say.
Ellison, a Democrat, became the first U.S. congressman ever to make the hajj pilgrimage when he visited Islam's holy city in December. The trip was funded by the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, a non-profit interfaith group that is one of 55 branches of the MAS nationwide. The pilgrimage was hailed by Muslim activists in the U.S.
"A U.S. congressman going on hajj sends a very positive message to the Muslim world about America and the religious diversity in America," said Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group.
But Ellison, the only Muslim in Congress, is coming under fire for his ties to MAS, which one terrorism expert called "the Muslim equivalent of the neo-Nazi party."
"It is the de facto arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S.," said Steven Emerson, director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism. "The agenda of the MAS is to ... impose Islamic law in the U.S., to undermine U.S. counterterrorism policy."
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The sheeple just elected a Muslim to our highest office. The Dims are giving away our country with both hands.
Islam is a barbaric political system in religious drag. It is incompatible with our Constitution and traditions. It has no legitimate place in these United States.
It’s ok folks—he’s a democrat!
Do you all get the feeling the news is going to get worse each day? I feel like we have been taken over already and never realized it until now.
Ellison met with the “Flyin’ Imams” while they were here for a CAIR convention (closed door) before they headed for the airport to pull their crap there........
Uh, imam Ellison just may have broken the law by accepting such a gift.
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why on Earth would a Congressman who makes $169,000 a year (plus tons of perks and per diems) need to have some ‘charity’ pay for him to go to Mecca?? This is clearly a PERSONAL trip and not one which was for PUBLIC interest or CONGRESSIONAL purposes.
Which Christian Congressman could take a religious pilgrimage to Bethlehem on Christmas paid for by Pat Robertson which wouldn’t be the subject of a weeklong MSNBC diatribe and likely Ethics Committee investigation??
That’s exactly right.
Time for two investigations: One by a Special Prosecutor to see if he was funded by a terrorist front group, and the second by a proctologist, to see if they can find his head.
Mecca, that bastion of tolerance, inclusivity, and multiculturalism!
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