| | It is traditional for newly-sworn members of the [[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 [[Koran]] that once belonged to [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8MEPKIG0&show_article=1</ref> | | It is traditional for newly-sworn members of the [[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 [[Koran]] that once belonged to [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8MEPKIG0&show_article=1</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 claims not to know anything 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 claims not to know anything 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> |