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Ellison: Profiling of American Muslims is ‘troubling’
startribune.com ^ | July 10, 2014

Posted on 07/10/2014 9:10:26 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to serve in Congress, said a report that the National Security Agency and FBI were tracking the email of five prominent American Muslims is “troubling because it suggests that Americans were targeted because of their faith and civic engagement.”

Documents leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the Muslim attorneys and activists were targeted for surveillance from 2002 to 2008 under a program meant to uncover terrorists and foreign agents, according to an analysis from online news organization The Intercept.

Among the documents released were training materials that used the name “Mohammed Raghead” as an example of a terrorist suspect.

“Profiling based on religion breeds distrust and resentment in communities that are potential partners in the fight against crime,” Ellison said.

“Muslim-Americans continue to face bigotry and hatred, but the NSA’s former spying practices undermine our entire nation’s progress towards greater inclusion....”

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: deathtoislam; edwardsnowden; ellison; headonapole; keithellison; minnesota; muslim; muslims; religionofpieces; stfu; treason; wikileaks
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1 posted on 07/10/2014 9:10:26 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Keef, you ignorant slut.


2 posted on 07/10/2014 9:14:02 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hey, killing 3000 Americans on 9-11 was pretty troubling too.


3 posted on 07/10/2014 9:14:08 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

You are about as naive as they come, Mr. Ellison.

And by the way, slam is not a religion by any stretch of the imagination - it’s a violent political ideology; a cancer to us and the world.


4 posted on 07/10/2014 9:17:28 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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used the name “Mohammed Raghead”?

amazing that Keefy actually could say that...


5 posted on 07/10/2014 9:18:35 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Tough sh*t you Commie...


6 posted on 07/10/2014 9:19:34 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Speaking to Ellison, not you Joe...


7 posted on 07/10/2014 9:19:58 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Yo Keith, I still have a problem with all the islamic teachings about us infidels. Make that go away and get back to me.


8 posted on 07/10/2014 9:22:34 PM PDT by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Deal with it Keithy. The choice to be a muzzie was all yours.


9 posted on 07/10/2014 9:24:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Representative Ellison is a Muslim, and I find that troubling. Islam is the mortal enemy of Western civilization, and has been for nearly fourteen centuries. There will never be an amicable melding of our cultures. Muslims are rapacious and very much determined to dominate the world just like the NAZI’s and the Bolsheviks. Their madness and cruelty will make the aforementioned two look like rank amatuers.


10 posted on 07/10/2014 9:24:41 PM PDT by VR-21 (Next Stop, Willoughby.)
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To: VR-21

Anybody know if Ellison defected to Islam in prison?


11 posted on 07/10/2014 9:36:16 PM PDT by Ax
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I would like to see what “Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to serve in Congress,” has to say about the Muslims attacking Americans in his original country.


12 posted on 07/10/2014 9:38:37 PM PDT by kitkat (StORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Who do you think you are, Dan Aykrord?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k80nW6AOhTs


13 posted on 07/10/2014 9:39:44 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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I sure don't have any problem with it! They're doing it in Australia with a real "stand up" woman Prime Minister that almost sounds like Maggie Thatcher!!!

She says that Inmigrants must adapt to their culture, not citizens to inmigrant's cultures!!!

14 posted on 07/10/2014 9:40:59 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Obama is mad! He's getting madder with each crisis and now he's a real MADMAN with no temper left!!!)
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Among the documents released were training materials that used the name “Mohammed Raghead” as an example of a terrorist suspect.

I've heard of this guy - he's very dangerous.

15 posted on 07/10/2014 9:42:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers.

- Muslim Prime Minister Erdogan, Turkey.


16 posted on 07/10/2014 9:48:44 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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"Muslim-Americans continue to face bigotry and hatred"

Muslim-Americans should try vigorously speaking out against terrorism and violence perpetrated by Muslims and should make great efforts to try to get Islam to reform. That ought to go a long ways towards convincing people they shouldn't be lumped in with the bad guys.

17 posted on 07/10/2014 9:51:52 PM PDT by mlo
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To: mlo

It is true that the government is spying and eves dropping with little regard to the Constitution. It is also true that many groups within the Muslim community have do and will in all likelihood continue to support terrorist organizations and as such some scrutiny will of course be drawn their way.


18 posted on 07/10/2014 9:59:22 PM PDT by Bidimus1
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To: Linda Frances

Hey, I love it. Like Colt 45, it works every time.


19 posted on 07/10/2014 10:12:50 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

There is no such thing as an “American” muslim.

They should either convert or be driven out of the country. Every mosque should be bulldozed down.

Mecca and Medina should be turned into a sea of glass.

Dome of the Rock should be bulldozed down also.

Until the “muslim” proble is taken care of, they will always be a problem to civilization.


20 posted on 07/10/2014 10:43:06 PM PDT by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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