Swearing his oath on the Koran: first Muslim elected to Congress.Keith Ellison (aka Keith Hakim, Keith X Ellison, Keith Ellison-Muhammed) is the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Controversy has now erupted over whether he will be sworn into office with his hand upon the Koran, the holy book of Islam. Ellison, a 43-year-old attorney and a "former" disciple of Nation of Islam Nation of Islam: see Black Muslims. Nation of Islam or Black Muslims African American religious movement that mingles elements of Islam and black nationalism. It was founded in 1931 by Wallace D. leader Louis Farrakhan, won the November 7 election for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in eastern Minnesota. It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties. , a Democratic stronghold that includes part of Minneapolis. The Ellison race attracted financial support from Muslims throughout the United States, and Mideast media giant Al Jazeera and other major Muslim media throughout the world celebrated his victory. Ellison, a convert to Sunni Islam, has been closely allied to the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Imams Federation, which reportedly teaches that Islam is incompatible with America's constitutional republican form of government and that all laws that conflict with Islamic law are unacceptable. Ellison's campaign also received backing from the Council on American-Islamic Relations The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an advocacy group for Muslims in North America; its professed goals are to "enhanc[e] understanding of Islam, promot[e] justice and empower American Muslims. (CAIR CAIR Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule (EPA) CAIR Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR Changing Attitudes in Recovery CAIR California Association for Institutional Research ), whose chairman, Omar M. Ahmad, has called on Muslims to make the Koran the highest legal authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion. |
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