Comments on: Keith Ellison First Muslim Congressman

By: salah issa

salah issa — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:45:26 +0000

He was part of nation of Islam, but then reverted to Islam. I congratulate him, and I hope he wins.

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Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:01:24 +0000

Democrat could be 1st Muslim Congressman

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State lawmaker Keith Ellison didn't let questions about his past slow down his campaign to become th...

By: Sissy Willis

Sissy Willis — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:12:17 +0000

He was born Catholic and converted during his angry-young-man years: "It's possible he sees his own identity as being American"

By: David Nick

David Nick — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:12:03 +0000

The 5th congressional district here in Minnesota is where Ellison won the primary. It won't surprise ANY of you that the Congressional Area is predominately a Urban area of Hennepin County. That being said, Ellison has had a very questionable legal background. In otherwords, hasn't been the poster child for ethics and morality let alone very law abiding. I suspect that many of the 5th district constituents relate to his shenanigans hence his landslide win during the primary. "Why not, we're thugs, let's vote one in"???

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:27:42 +0000

Nation of Islam was welcomed into the general Islamic fold sometime during the 1980s.

I suspect that Osama and Zawahiri would consider them eminently beheadable nonetheless.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:09:30 +0000

Nation of Islam was welcomed into the general Islamic fold sometime during the 1980s. They toned down some of their "stranger" (to orthodox Muslims) beliefs.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:35:38 +0000

I was wondering about that when I saw he was African American. I'd agree, Nation of Islam isn't really Islam in any traditional sense.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:04:03 +0000

I just read this morning -- CQ? -- that Ellison's "Muslim" label refers to Nation of Islam.

Which has even less to do with actual Islam than (we're told) does al Qaeda.

By: lunacy

lunacy — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:30:32 +0000

According to the bio on his website, he is from Dearborn originally.

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:00:35 +0000

there's actually a large Somali population in the Twin Cities, which no doubt helped, but it was really his politics not his religion that won him the primary.

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