(The First Muslim Congressman being sworn in to office by the Speaker of the House, as his Wife holds Our Found Father's Qur'an that was presented by the Library of the Congress)
Newly elected Representative (and Rockstar) Keith Ellison has been thrown into the limelight (lemonlight for some) of American Congressional politics. Not only did he become the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, and the first Afro-American to do so from Minnesota, but he also became the first Congressman to be sworn in to office under the Qur'an. An amazing feat to be sure, it was met with a lot of criticism. However, he has dealt with it in a manner that is reflective of the potential that the next generation of Muslims contain in their political prowess - as Dr. Jackson always put it, "We need to be less REACTIVE and more PROACTIVE in our approach!" Not only did he respond to comments made by Representative Virgil Goode in the most constructive of manners, but he found a way to throw it right back into his face - the Qur'an used at his swearing in ceremony was that of former President Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of this country.
(Jefferson's 'Koran' or commonly called 'The Alcoran of MOHAMMED')
And then, just to portray his status as a straight rockstar (not your normal political lingo, I know), he goes right to the face of Rep. Goode during the swearing in ceremony and greets him in the most cordial of ways (if you look at the video closely, our boy Rep. Dennis Kucinich was in the mix as well).
I can only think of one thing as I saw this video and read this article - WHAT A TEAR UP!!!
ARTICLE (response from Rep. Ellison to Rep. Goode):
