Rep. Keith Ellison, who in 2007 became the first Muslim member of Congress, on Wednesday cited the Constitution’s protection of freedom of religion to blast his colleagues’ proposals to allow Christian Syrian refugees into the U.S. refugees but not Muslims refugees from that country. Asked about his reaction to proposals from lawmakers such as Republican presidential…
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O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things). ~ Quran 49:13