Is this what we have to look forward to? Is this really a push for justice as our local rag, the Star Tribune, describes?
I'll let you read some quotes that I pulled from this article and let you decide:
Ellison encourages Detroit crowd to 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.
a 'real' Muslim, what is that supposed to mean?
"But Ellison said in Dearborn that Muslims can help teach America about justice and equal protection, suggesting that Muslim activists may be part of God's plan."
Teach us? Well, I will admit that there are problems in this country with justice and equal protection but how exactly do the Muslims propose to do that?
"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?"
And again, how?
"We had faith in Allah," Ellison said. "And we patiently endured this adversity. And facing adversity bravely and with patience in the faith in Allah is an Islamic value. . . . That's what it means to be a Muslim."
He cautioned though that there might be more anti-Muslim attacks in the future.
"We're going to continue to face them," Ellison said. "They're not going to stop right away. But if you, and me too, stick together, if we believe in Allah, sallalahu aleyhi wasallam, if we turn to the Quran for guidance, we'll find an answer to the questions we have. And we will find that we are an asset and a plus not only to our own community, but to this country, and to this whole world."
I really hope the media will question this. If the intentions are to be solid Muslim Americans and to abide by the constitution of our country, then all the power to them otherwise...
"On Jan. 4, I will go swear an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. I'll place my hand on the Quran," Ellison said while placing his hand on the lectern, to loud applause and cries of "Allahu akbar."
He urged Muslims to thank God for testing them over the past several weeks. "Before you begin to think that some hardship has befallen you, you need to stop and thank Allah," Ellison said. "Because this controversy has . . . made people dust off their Constitution and actually read it ."
Call me paranoid all you want but I certainly am not ignoring the chills running up and down my spine at this very moment! Thank you Minnesota Democrats for being so diverse !!!!
New addition:
I would like to point my readers in the direction of this blog: Blue is Beautiful
A commentor here left his/her link. They are in the process of writing a "series on the politics of fear or should I say the false beliefs of those pushing the term politics of fear." as stated in the comment.
A Minnesota Democrat who doesn't fall into the typical, 'diversity' is the greatest category. Great read.
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