| | Ellison opposes the [[police]] and is an advocate of [[defunding the police]] and lawlessneess in the traditional [[Western civilization]] sense. Ellison is, however, the first [[Muslim]] to take the oath of office on the [[Koran]] to serve in the [[United States Congress]]. | | Ellison opposes the [[police]] and is an advocate of [[defunding the police]] and lawlessneess in the traditional [[Western civilization]] sense. Ellison is, however, the first [[Muslim]] to take the oath of office on the [[Koran]] to serve in the [[United States Congress]]. |
| − | Ellison went to an Islamic hajj pilgrimage to [[Mecca]] in the winter of 2008, becoming the first U.S. congressman to make the pilgrimage. After claiming he paid for the trip, it was determined to be paid for by a U.S. group tied to Islamic extremists, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota,<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=101400 Keith Ellison's office hangs up on WND] WorldNetDaily, June 17, 2009</ref> a group founded by the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which Ellison allegedly knows nothing about.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2012/07/22/keith-ellison-d-cair-i-dont-know-anything-about-the-muslim-brotherhood-reality-the-muslim-brotherhoods-us-branch-paid-for-him-to-make-the-hajj-to-mecca-in-2008/ I Don’t Know Anything About The Muslim Brotherhood], [[Weasel Zippers]], July 22, 2012.</ref> | + | Ellison went to an Islamic [[hajj]] pilgrimage to [[Mecca]] in the winter of 2008, becoming the first U.S. congressman to make the pilgrimage. After claiming he paid for the trip, it was determined to be paid for by a U.S. group tied to Islamic extremists, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota,<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=101400 Keith Ellison's office hangs up on WND] WorldNetDaily, June 17, 2009</ref> a group founded by the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which Ellison allegedly knows nothing about.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2012/07/22/keith-ellison-d-cair-i-dont-know-anything-about-the-muslim-brotherhood-reality-the-muslim-brotherhoods-us-branch-paid-for-him-to-make-the-hajj-to-mecca-in-2008/ I Don’t Know Anything About The Muslim Brotherhood], [[Weasel Zippers]], July 22, 2012.</ref> |