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multi · 03-01-07, 10:33 PM

But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran!

By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Wednesday, January 3, 2007; Page C03

Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran -- especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.

Yet the holy book at tomorrow's ceremony has an unassailably all-American provenance. We've learned that the new congressman -- in a savvy bit of political symbolism -- will hold the personal copy once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...010300075.html

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multi Thanks for being with arse Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The other side of the world Posts: 10,343	But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran! But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran! By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts Wednesday, January 3, 2007; Page C03 Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran -- especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values. Yet the holy book at tomorrow's ceremony has an unassailably all-American provenance. We've learned that the new congressman -- in a savvy bit of political symbolism -- will hold the personal copy once owned by Thomas Jefferson. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...010300075.html __________________ i beat the internet - the end boss is hard Secret Temple of It

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