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"Real Time" host Bill Maher challenged Rep. Keith Ellison on his Muslim religion. Maher cited several passages from the Quran that call for violence, especially against the infidel. Rep. Ellison countered with passages for the Quran that called for peace and tolerance. Ellison attempted to blame radicals separate from Muslims or Islam. However, Bill Maher’s point is correct the so-called Ideologues, which Rep Ellison referred to, draw from the Quran for justification for hate against America and American interests.

How much information is too much information when a nation is at war to publicly disclose about our on-going attempts to achieve a resolute victory over terrorists? Congressman Keith Ellison, a relatively unknown figure from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was elected to the U.S. Congress and took office January 4, 2007. Ellison is a close friend and political confidante of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Ellison lays claim to being the first African-American from his state and the first Muslim to be seated in Congress. He was accepted by Americans, but he has not yet accepted America as his...