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  • First American Muslim Congressman Crashes The Thick Glass Ceiling (Ellison Swearing Oath on Koran)

    11/13/2006 3:26:06 PM PST · by Esther Ruth · 54 replies · 2,357+ views
    www.bernama.com ^ | November 11, 2006 16:07 PM | Salmy Hashim
    November 11, 2006 16:07 PM First American Muslim Congressman Crashes The Thick Glass Ceiling By Salmy Hashim WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- American Muslims have a lot to celebrate after the Nov 7 mid-term elections that swept Democrats back to the corridors of power. One of their own, Congressman-elect Keith Ellison from Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be bringing the lone Muslim voice to Washington, 217 years after the first US Congress met in Federal Hall, New York. Back in March 4 1789, with the first president, George Washington, in office, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives were all...