Rep. Ellison completes 'hajj' pilgrimage to Mecca (MN)

pioneer press ^ | 12-15-08 | ap

[WOBBLY BOB]

WASHINGTON — Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress, made the hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca last week, calling it a "transformative" experience.

The Democrat from Minnesota's 5th Congressional District traveled to the Saudi Arabian city along with about 3 million people. The journey is a lifelong dream for many Muslims.

"It was transformative. It was a wonderful experience," Ellison said in a telephone interview today. "I learned a lot about myself, about my faith."

[SolidWood]

Lemming dance, stoning of devil (thinking of US and Jooos) and mass slaughter of lambs...

Sounds like heckuva of a spiritual experience!/sarc

[mplsconservative]

Great. I suppose my taxes had to pay for his transformative experience. Ugh!

[MadelineZapeezda]

Now he can be called Keith Hajji Ellison....isn’t that special!

[Nonperson]

Rep. Ellison completes 'hajj' pilgrimage to Mecca (MN)

Mecca (MN) = Mecca, Minnesota?

[starlifter]

It's his right, but geez.........

[WOBBLY BOB]

we’re a colder Dearborne.

[MarkL]

Ask him how many non-mulsims he took with him to Mecca? And how many Jews he took to Saudi Arabia... After all aren't dems the "inclusive ones?" Where are the protests against muslims and their "customs" like stoning homosexuals to death and murdering female rape victims, and participating in slavery to this day... Where is the dem outrage?

Mark

[gatorhead]

first word that comes to mind.....demonic

[Jacquerie]

With more purpose and more focus, and a greater sense of serving humanity and looking out for the poor and stuff like that."

Focus like killing almost 3,000 American on 911.

Islam is incompatible with these United States.

[LibLieSlayer]

I hope that they put this POS on the “watch” list... they cannot be trusted... I have read their koran.

LLS

[WOBBLY BOB]

the Dim outrage is with Franken’s missing ballots.

[Does so]

"...It was transformative..."

Term borrowed from The One... :(

[Cheetahcat]

No problem just Bush's Great Choke “Great Religion” isn't it wonderful the government being filled with hateful minorities! The founding fathers missed that enemy trick.

[parthian shot]

Where is the outrage from PETA!!!

[Slump Tester]

Too bad he didn’t get trampled. Have they done their annual stampede/trample yet?

[popdonnelly]

Why are we kowtowing to Muslims in this country? They attacked us. They hate us. They want to overturn our religious beliefs. They are the most intolerant religion of all.

[WVNan]

I should think that the good Lord looking at picture #1 would find reason enough to destroy the world.