A story to watch
The guys over at Power Line have been following some good leads that connect some dots, and they have this post that deserves — requires — attention.
According to the invaluable report of the Chicago Tribune, the Muslim Brotherhood operates in the United States as the Muslim American Society. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross’s “MAS’s Muslim Brotherood problem” expands on the meaning of MAS’s relationship to the Muslim Brotherood. Like the Muslim Brotherhood and the MAS, the Islamic Circle of North America promotes the establishment of the Islamic system of life. According to Steven Emerson, the ICNA also has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
The two groups — MAS and the ICNA — hold a joint annual convention. This year’s joint annual convention in Dearborn welcomed — who else? — Minnesota Fifth District Rep.-elect Keith Ellison as its keynote speaker.
Keith Ellison is the elected representative who plans to be sworn in at his ceremony with his hand on the Koran. That’s generated a lot of controversy and concern, and lively debate. In that convention speech, Ellison exhorted the crowd to “have faith in Allah” and “stand up and be a real Muslim.” It’s fair to ask what he means by that. Which nobody seems to have done yet.
Surely one of these days some bigfoot journalist will ask Ellison what branch of Islam he adheres to in reconciling Islam with the Democratic platform on abortion rights, homosexual rights, the rights of women and the like. Perhaps some bigfoot journalist might then ask a question or two about how Ellison’s branch of Islam views the legal equality of Muslims and infidels and the supremacy of the United States Constitution over Sharia law. Until that time, we will have pay attention to the friends of Keith Ellison for the light they may shed on his views on these subjects.
The validity of these questions stands alone, but they’re strengthened in light of that report in the Chicago Tribune. This certainly raises more questions than it answers, but that’s a start, and questions are a good thing.
