KenP
09-13-2006, 04:41 PM
Look who won yesterday's primary:
This article is from the 11th, but has some background on him:
Nation of Islam Candidate (http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2006/09/11/washington-post-muslim-candidate-plays-defense/)
If he wins, he will be the first Muslim elected to Congress.Ellison, 43, is a two-term state legislator. He prays toward Mecca five times a day and says he has not eaten pork or had a drink of alcohol since he converted to Islam as a 19-year-old student at Wayne State University in Detroit. When speaking at mosques or to members of Minneapolis's large Somali immigrant population, he opens with "Salaam aleikum," Arabic for "Peace be with you."concern Ellison's past associations with the Nation of Islam and its leader, Louis Farrakhan.Articles he wrote:The first article defended Farrakhan against accusations of anti-Semitism. The second called affirmative action a 'sneaky' form of compensation for slavery, suggesting instead that white Americans pay reparations to blacks.Who is he?the candidate had used the names Keith X Ellison and Keith Ellison-Muhammed during his student days. In more than 20 Web postings titled 'Who Is Keith Ellison?' PowerLine asserted that he had been a 'local leader' of the Nation of Islam and accused him of 'involvement' in anti-Semitism."
This article is from the 11th, but has some background on him:
Nation of Islam Candidate (http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2006/09/11/washington-post-muslim-candidate-plays-defense/)
If he wins, he will be the first Muslim elected to Congress.Ellison, 43, is a two-term state legislator. He prays toward Mecca five times a day and says he has not eaten pork or had a drink of alcohol since he converted to Islam as a 19-year-old student at Wayne State University in Detroit. When speaking at mosques or to members of Minneapolis's large Somali immigrant population, he opens with "Salaam aleikum," Arabic for "Peace be with you."concern Ellison's past associations with the Nation of Islam and its leader, Louis Farrakhan.Articles he wrote:The first article defended Farrakhan against accusations of anti-Semitism. The second called affirmative action a 'sneaky' form of compensation for slavery, suggesting instead that white Americans pay reparations to blacks.Who is he?the candidate had used the names Keith X Ellison and Keith Ellison-Muhammed during his student days. In more than 20 Web postings titled 'Who Is Keith Ellison?' PowerLine asserted that he had been a 'local leader' of the Nation of Islam and accused him of 'involvement' in anti-Semitism."