owl Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Jefferson's Quran: What the founder really thought about IslamBy Christopher Hitchens It was quite witty of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., to short-circuit the hostility of those who criticized him for taking his oath on the Quran and to ask the Library of Congress for the loan of Thomas Jefferson's copy of that holy book. But the irony of this, which certainly made his stupid Christian fundamentalist critics look even stupider, ought to be partly at his own expense as well. In the first place, concern over Ellison's political and religious background has little to do with his formal adherence to Islam. In his student days and subsequently, he was a supporter of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, a racist and crackpot cult organization that is in schism with the Muslim faith and even with the Sunni orthodoxy now preached by the son of the NOI's popularizer Elijah Muhammad. Farrakhan's sect explicitly describes a large part of the human species Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Interesting article, Owl. In a (sort of) related note, after a hiatus of nearly a year, the Indiana Assembly began their daily business yesterday with prayer. The words 'Jesus Christ' have been replaced by 'Almighty God', with little or no objection. An ACLU attorney said House Speaker Patrick Bauer's amended prayer was "all that we have ever asked for." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Meanwhile: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Aaaahahahahahahahah Jeeeez Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 You really can't make this stuff up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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