Remember this is the man the spouted off 9/11 truther theories! This is the man that has links to Islamic fundraiser, including, but not limited to, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Nation of Islam.
Yet we find another tie to terrorist (Note: I am not calling him a terrorist, just a tie to terrorist)
Keith Ellison's office hangs up on WND
First Lets Discuss the Terrorist Organization the Sent "Congressman" Ellison on the trip:
The trip:
Denial:
The Truth:
Ellison's direct ties to MAS!
Yet we find another tie to terrorist (Note: I am not calling him a terrorist, just a tie to terrorist)
Keith Ellison's office hangs up on WND
First Lets Discuss the Terrorist Organization the Sent "Congressman" Ellison on the trip:
The MAS, though, was founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which seeks to create an Islamic universe. Both Hamas and al-Qaida are violent offshoots of Brotherhood ideology.
In a 2004 interview with the Chicago Tribune, former MAS secretary general Shaker Elsayed, discussed how his group was founded by Brotherhood members. He explained that about half of original MAS members came from the Brotherhood.
The chairman of the Islamic American University, a Michigan-based subsidiary of MAS, also doubles as a leading Qatar-based Muslim Brotherhood ideologue known for his vocal support of groups like as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, MAS-affiliated Web sites have featured articles advocating jihad and suicide martyrdom. The official MAS magazine, "The American Muslim," previously published outwardly anti-Semitic articles.
MAS leaders and advisers have held positions in the Islamic Association described by the U.S. government as part of a "propaganda apparatus" for the terrorist group Hamas, the ADL notes.
The trip:
Ellison attended December's hajj ceremonies, becoming the first U.S. congressman to make the pilgrimage.
Islamic hajj pilgrimage to Mecca this past winter was paid for by a U.S. group tied to Muslim extremists whose institutional material has promoted terrorism.
Denial:
Jauert was quoted telling the Minnesota Star Tribune Ellison's journey was paid for by the congressman himself.
The Truth:
.It was later reported by the Star that the Muslim American Society of Minnesota paid for Ellison's trip, a contention the MAS heatedly denied.
MAS national director Mahdi Bray called the story his group paid for Ellison's pilgrimage a "myth" and "urban legend" that needed to be laid to rest.
The Powerline blog posted a copy of the form which documents Ellison's trip to Saudi Arabia from November 29 to December 14 was paid for by the MAS-Minnesota.
The U.S. Muslim group did not return WND phone call or e-mail inquiries the past few days.
While Ellison's spokesman hung up on WND, the congressman's office confirmed to FOXNews.com that MAS indeed paid for the hajj journey.
"The trip, funded by the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, was fully reviewed and approved in advance by the House Ethics Committee," Ellison's office said in a statement
Ellison's direct ties to MAS!
FoxNews.com notes Ellison gave the keynote address at MAS-Minnesota's conventions in 2007 and 2008, and that the MAS's Bray took time off his job to campaign for Ellison during his run for the House in 2006. Also, Ellison was the first guest on an MAS radio show launched last month.