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December 26, 2006

Is America's First Muslim Congressman A Closet Radical?

Image: Kieth Ellison, first Muslim elected to Congress. Does he support radical Islamic ideology and the establishment of sharia law in the U.S.? Does he support a group that aims to create Islamic states worldwide, has established roots here in America, and is in the process of executing a flexible, multi-phased, long-term approach to the "cultural invasion" of the West by radical Islam?

A reasonable man could easily think so, after all, via the Detroit Press we learn of what Ellison said during a speech at a convention held by an organization that has included among its membership - terrorists such as Mohamed Atta:

Speaking in Dearborn late Sunday night, the first Muslim elected to Congress told a cheering crowd of Muslims they should remain steadfast in their faith and push for justice.

"You can't back down, you can't chicken out, you can't be afraid, you got to have faith in Allah, and you got to stand up and be a real Muslim," Detroit native Keith Ellison said to loud applause.

"Allahu akbar" -- God is great -- was the reply of many in the crowd.

Does this sound like a "moderate Muslim" to you, or does it betray a certain slant toward the support of a Muslim identity that is separate and apart from being an American citizen, and even one favoring a system of Islamic law rather than our Constitution? What justice is he speaking of, sharia law? Although this isn't the first time Mr. Ellison has betrayed his radical Islamic ideological leanings, having already said that he would take his oath of office on the Quran, he is begining to now show his true colors:

Muslims can help teach America about justice and equal protection, suggesting that Muslim activists may be part of God's plan. He spoke at the annual convention of two Muslim groups, the Muslim American Society and the Islamic Circle of North America. The convention ended Monday morning.

"Muslims, you're up to bat right now..." he said. "How do you know that you were not brought right here to this place to learn how to make this world better? How do you know that Allah, sallalahu aleyhi wasallam," (meaning peace be upon him) "did not bring you here so that you could understand how to teach people what tolerance was, what justice was?... How do you know that you're not here to teach this country?"

The convention, which ends today, drew more than 3,000 Muslims from across the country for an event aimed at revival and reform. It featured workshops and panels on a range of topics from civil rights to politics to how to spread Islam in the U.S.

And just who brought these "3,000 Muslims" together "for an event aimed at revival and reform"? From Powerline we learn that the convention was sponsored by two groups that are closely associated with the Muslim Brotherhood in America:

According to the invaluable report of the Chicago Tribune, the Muslim Brotherhood operates in the United States as the Muslim American Society. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's "MAS's Muslim Brotherood problem" expands on the meaning of MAS's relationship to the Muslim Brotherood. Like the Muslim Brotherhood and the MAS, the Islamic Circle of North America promotes the establishment of the Islamic system of life. According to Steven Emerson, the ICNA also has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

The two groups -- MAS and the ICNA -- hold a joint annual convention.

Since its founding in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) has profoundly influenced the political life of the Middle East. Its motto is telling:

"Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.

Is this what Keith Ellison believes? If not, why is he speaking the (radical Islamic) "party line" before a convention held by those that support positions such as ""Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope"?

Looking at the Chicago Tribune report pointed to by Powerline (referred to above), and reading the excerpts of Elisonson's speech leaves little room for doubt that America's first Muslim congressman just might be other than the moderate that he has portrayed himself to be:

Over the last 40 years, small groups of devout Muslim men have gathered in homes in U.S. cities to pray, memorize the Koran and discuss events of the day.
But they also addressed their ultimate goal, one so controversial that it is a key reason they have operated in secrecy: to create Muslim states overseas and, they hope, someday in America as well.

These men are part of an underground U.S. chapter of the international Muslim Brotherhood, the world's most influential Islamic fundamentalist group and an organization with a violent past in the Middle East. But fearing persecution, they rarely identify themselves as Brotherhood members and have operated largely behind the scenes, unbeknown even to many Muslims.

Still, the U.S. Brotherhood has had a significant and ongoing impact on Islam in America, helping establish mosques, Islamic schools, summer youth camps and prominent Muslim organizations. It is a major factor, Islamic scholars say, in why many Muslim institutions in the nation have become more conservative in recent decades.

Leading the U.S. Brotherhood during much of this period was Ahmed Elkadi, an Egyptian-born surgeon and a former personal physician to Saudi Arabia's King Faisal. He headed the group from 1984 to 1994 but abruptly lost his leadership position. Now he is discussing his life and the U.S. Brotherhood for the first time.

His story, combined with details from documents and interviews, offers an unprecedented look at the Brotherhood in America: how the group recruited members, how it cloaked itself in secrecy and how it alienated many moderate Muslims.

Indeed, because of its hard-line beliefs, the U.S. Brotherhood has been an increasingly divisive force within Islam in America, fueling the often bitter struggle between moderate and conservative Muslims.

Many Muslims believe that the Brotherhood is a noble international movement that supports the true teachings of Islam and unwaveringly defends Muslims who have come under attack around the world, from Chechens to Palestinians to Iraqis. But others view it as an extreme organization that breeds intolerance and militancy.

"They have this idea that Muslims come first, not that humans come first," says Mustafa Saied, 32, a Floridian who left the U.S. Brotherhood in 1998.

While separation of church and state is a bedrock principle of American democracy, the international Brotherhood preaches that religion and politics cannot be separated and that governments eventually should be Islamic. The group also champions martyrdom and jihad, or holy war, as a means of self-defense and has provided the philosophical underpinnings for Muslim militants worldwide.

WorldNetDaily has reported that Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress, is linked to a radical Islamic school of thought that requires loyalty to the Quran over the U.S. Constitution. The Conservative Voice holds nothing back and comes right out and says that Ellison is not a 'patriot,' though he claims to be, and that he is a radical Muslim who believes the Koran is above all other documents for it is the divine revelation - that would make the Koran above the United States Constitution:

He believes in the sharia "legal and justice system" which has barbarism as its base. Study Muslim nations to open the eyes to the atrocities carried out via sharia -- females hung from roadway poles, females piled into earth mounds to have their heads bashed in, youths strapped to public posts for lashings and so forth and so forth.

Yet he has been elected to the United States Congress for the purpose of making laws for Americans. Yet he is antithetical to American values, particularly the Judeo-Christian heritage.

His personal involvement in radical Islamic activities and philosophies should frighten every American into watching very closely this newly elected member of Congress. If such a trend continues, America will unravel as a democracy.

Let's not forget that Congressman-elect Keith Ellison is or was a long-time member of the Nation of Islam, did in fact play a hand in the folow-up to the November 20 action by 6 Imams on a U.S. Airways flight that was a pre-conceived exercise in cultural jihad (the six Imams operated straight out of the handbook prepared for the NAIF Imam conference which described how Imams should handle the media - as did Ellison), was heavily supported by CAIR whose goal is nothing less than the replacement of the U.S. Constitution with sharia - Islamic law, but also is likely to have purposefully been involved with the imam scam to undermine U.S. anti-terror efforts.

So, do I believe that Keith Ellison is a closet radical? What do you think? \

Other coverage: Riehl World View says Muslims Have Nothing To Teach America:

When he suggests Muslims can teach America about tolerance and justice, Ellison is stealing from the legacy of Blacks in America and attempting to somehow link Muslims to that struggle. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Given that it's Ellison who wants to inject Islam into politics, what Muslim nation is it that Ellison can point to as an example of a tolerant and just society? Which great Muslim leaders is it he can hold up as examples of an enlightened vision for peaceful co-existence with other religions? I see no great Muslim legacy at all when it comes to advancing human or civil rights.

Posted by Richard at December 26, 2006 10:53 AM

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In a recent recorded video mesaage by Al Qaedea's #2 man, Ayman Al Zahawiri, he stated, quote: " that the winners of last November's elections had not been the Democrats, or the Republicans, but rather the Muhajadin (Jihadist fighters) in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Of course, that the Democratic victory favors the terrorists is unfortunately just a simple fact of life; it doesn't take a seer to figure that one out! But let me interject some farcical humor in what otherwise is a hopelessly pathetic situation:

In an edited part of the video not shown, which appeared on Al Jazeera and CNN (the Arabic speaking and English speaking sister networks which are "unofficial" mouthpieces of Al Qaeda), a teary-eyed, emotional Al Zahawiri went on, in the style of the Oscars and Grammies of his Hollywood Peers, to thank Allah for this November victory, to thank Osama and all his closests terrorist associates who worked so tirelessly to make it all happen, the Muhajadin who selflessly use their bodies as suicidal weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan to achieve it, and most of all Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and the Democrats, without whom their Jihadist victory in November would not have been possible! LOL!

But all joking aside, with the elction of this Muslim Congressman, who is but a puppet of CAIR and their Islamic agenda in Congress, the Democrats have helped pave the way for the Islamization of America, and the future establishing of "Sharia" as the law of the land...all we need is a few more "November elections" with a few more "Islamic candidates" and their "politically correct" secular progressive Democratic supporters!

Ironic isn't it! That near-sighted, secular progressive, dunces, with their humanist godlessness, be used as a vehicle by the Islamists to advance the imposure upon the world of their Islamic Theocracy! It is almost "Poetic Justice"!!!

Althor

# Posted by Althor at 12/26/2006 03:04 pm - reply- forum

It's poetic justice for the Dems and their PC, left-wing, Soros-agended, friends, but unfortunately, the rest of America are punished along with them.

# Posted by Richard at 12/26/2006 09:14 pm - reply- forum

...not to mention the world!

Althor

# Posted by Althor at 12/27/2006 12:52 pm - reply- forum

Subject: Jefferson Koran for Swearing In
To All:

http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/ellison-to-use-jefferson-koran-for/20070103155809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Ellison to Use Jefferson Koran for Swearing In

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
AP

WASHINGTON (Jan. 3) - The first Muslim elected to Congress says he will take his oath of office using a Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson to make the point that "religious differences are nothing to be afraid of."

Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minn., decided to use the centuries-old Koran during his ceremonial swearing-in on Thursday after he learned that it is kept at the Library of Congress. Jefferson, the nation's third president and a collector of books in all topics and languages, sold the book to Congress in 1815 as part of a collection.

"It demonstrates that from the very beginning of our country, we had people who were visionary, who were religiously tolerant, who believed that knowledge and wisdom could be gleaned from any number of sources, including the Koran," Ellison said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

"A visionary like Thomas Jefferson was not afraid of a different belief system," Ellison said. "This just shows that religious tolerance is the bedrock of our country, and religious differences are nothing to be afraid of."

Some critics have argued that only a Bible should be used for the swearing-in. Last month, Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., warned that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims" will be elected and follow Ellison's lead. Ellison was born in Detroit and converted to Islam in college.

Ellison said an anonymous person wrote to tell him about the Koran, and he arranged with the Library of Congress to use it. The chief of the Library of Congress' rare book and special collections division, Mark Dimunation, will walk the Quran across the street to the Capitol and bring it back after the ceremony.

Ellison's decision to use Jefferson's Koran was first reported by The Washington Post on Wednesday.

Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, in what is now Goode's congressional district in central Virginia. Goode's office did not return phone and e-mail messages left Wednesday.

An English translation of the Arabic, Jefferson's Koran was published in 1764 in London, a later printing of one originally published in 1734.

"This is considered the text that shaped Europe's understanding of the Koran," Dimunation said.

It was acquired in 1815 as part of a more than 6,400-volume collection that Jefferson sold for $24,000 to replace the congressional library that had been burned by British troops the year before, in the War of 1812.

"It was a real bargain," Dimunation said.

The Koran survived an 1851 fire in the Capitol. Dimunation described it as a two-volume work, bound in leather with marble boards.

"As a rare book librarian," he said, "there is something special about the idea that Thomas Jefferson's books are being walked across the street to the Capitol building, to bring in yet another session of governmental structure that he helped create."

With Aloha,

# Posted by harry at 01/04/2007 08:09 am - reply- forum

December 26, 2006