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Talk:Keith Ellison

2007-07-14T22:48:13Z

Loremipsum: Rationale for the edit to the controversy line, suggestions for future work

:During his swearing in ceremony in early January 2007, Ellison replaced the Bible with a the Quran and then took his oath of duty with one hand placed on the Quran.
This was debunked, or at least is misleading. The real swearing-in ceremony was done en masse, with no books. He later restated the oath with a Quran, which I suppose he characterized as a "ceremony," but it had no official weight or meaning. He did not replace the Bible with the Quran, because there was no Bible present or expected for him to replace at his personal "ceremony."--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 03:14, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

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:Ellison is quite controversial due to past statements made about Jews and white people, and his ties with the radical Nation of Islam.
Doesn't actually include any statements about Jews or white people, or mention their existence. It does mention the Powerline accusations of anti-Semitism, and the NoI ties, so I edited the entry to reflect just those. I'm okay with my edit, but if someone wants to change it to stronger language, it'd be cool if htey could find a source for the stronger claim, maybe someone who read Powerline more often back in 2006, and could find the sources that Powerline linked to. - [[User:Loremipsum|Loremipsum]] 18:48, 14 July 2007 (EDT)

Keith Ellison

2007-07-14T22:16:20Z

Loremipsum: Changed controversy sentence to replace unsourced claims with ones consistent with the source cited.

[[Image:Ghfigkm67.jpg|right|thumb|Keith Ellison]]
[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] '''Keith Ellison''' is the first [[Muslim]] to serve in the United States Congress. He represents the 5th Congressional District of [[Minnesota]]. Born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], he converted to [[Islam]] while in college. Ellison is quite controversial due to his past ties with the radical [[Nation of Islam]]; he has also been accused of having had "involvement" in anti-Semitism.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/10/AR2006091000951.html</ref> In 2007, Mr. Ellison compared the [[Bush Administration]] to [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289157,00.html</ref>

It is traditional for newly-sworn members of the [[House_of_Representatives|House of Representatives]] to repeat their oaths with their hand on a [[Bible]] for photographers<ref>http://www.beliefnet.com/story/206/story_20604_1.html</ref>. When Ellison was ceremonially "sworn-in," he used a [[Quran]] that once belonged to [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8MEPKIG0&show_article=1</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
http://ellison.house.gov/

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