Ellison to Take Oath on Thomas Jefferson's Quran


	Ellison to Take Oath on Thomas Jefferson's Quran

arifsali

1-4-2007 11:54 AM

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religion, politics, quran, muslims, congress

arifsali says:

Does this guy know how to be a 'politician' or what?

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1-6-2007 1:10 AM

RecordSage

Apparently - he does.

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