Minneapolis Voters Make Ellison CongressÃ¢ÂÂ First Muslim Member
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Democrats in MinnesotaÃ¢ÂÂs strongly Democratic 5th Congressional District put history into motion by nominating state Rep. Keith Ellison in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary Ã¢ÂÂ all but guaranteeing that he will become the first Muslim ever elected to Congress.
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in.
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Some Muslim congregations are seeking native imams who can discuss issues that seem relevant to young people.
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Mariners outfielder Jason Ellison started a four-run rally and then touched off a benches-clearing shoving match in Seattle's 7-3 win over the Athletics yesterday in Oakland, Calif.
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A small but growing movement seeks to help Muslim American women who are affected by domestic violence.
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As both Democrats and Republicans sought their support, American Muslim leaders wrapped up their community's largest convention Sunday still debating whether to endorse a presidential candidate.
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Bahrainis voted in national elections on Saturday with the majority Shi'ite Muslim opposition taking part for the first time after a 2002 poll boycott, although it alleged some voting irregularities.
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AKRON, Ohio - The leader of Ohio's largest mosque was sentenced Monday to two months in federal prison and four months of house arrest for lying about his connections to terrorist groups when he applied for U.S. citizenship...
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Candidates backed by Islamic clerics won races in the Saudi capital in the kingdom's first regular balloting, an election observer said yesterday. But it was too early to say whether this represented a trend in the landmark municipal elections, which will be spread across three months.
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ISTANBUL, Aug 28 (IPS) - Overriding concerns by the ever-watchful military  and the secularists, Turkey's parliament elected foreign  minister Abdullah Gul as the first Islamic-rooted president of  the 83-year-old republic on Tuesday.
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US Muslims have embarked on a vast drive get the community registered to vote in the presidential election to build what could be a potentially powerful voice in deciding the winner.
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An Islamic civil rights group Wednesday called on President Bush to rescind the appointment of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board member who criticized an incoming congressman, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.
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Standing in the small, fluorescent-lighted room that served as George Washington University's Muslim prayer area, Amin Al-Sarraf pointed to the six-foot-high plastic partition dividing the space. Al-Sarraf grew up the eldest of four children in leafy Pasadena, Calif., with an Iraqi father and.........
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The largest annual Muslim conference in North America hosted wildly popular speed dating sessions called the ÂMatrimonial Banquet.Â
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Voters turned out Tuesday to choose a successor to the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood, and one thing was certain &#151; the winner will be another Republican.
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By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 23--Harry Welty, the Unity Party candidate for the 8th District Congressional seat, is taking his message to voters via video.
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Former state lawmaker Randy Graf won the GOP primary for an open U.S. House seat despite lobbying from the National Republican Congressional Committee against his candidacy.