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he chose to use this Quran because it showed that a visionary like Jefferson believed that wisdom could be gleaned from many sources
:Ellison is quite controversial due to past statements made about Jews and white people, and his ties with the radical Nation of Islam.
: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)
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)
==Motivation==
*He said earlier this week that he chose to use this Quran because it showed that a visionary like Jefferson believed that wisdom could be gleaned from many sources. [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8MEPKIG0&show_article=1]