MUSLIMS BROUGHT TO THE U.S. TO TEACH U.S.TOLERANCE AND JUSTICE ...

.... And to make the world a better place.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) gave a speech to a crowd in Dearborn, Michigan and quoted as saying:

"You can't back down, you can't chicken out, you can't be afraid, you got to have faith in Allah, and you got to stand up and be a real Muslim," Detroit native Keith Ellison said to loud applause.

"Allahu akbar" - God is great - was the reply of many in the crowd.

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Ellison said in Dearborn that Muslims can help teach America about justice and equal protection, suggesting that Muslim activists may be part of God's plan. He spoke at the annual convention of two Muslim groups, the Muslim American Society and the Islamic Circle of North America. The convention ended Monday morning.

"Muslims, you're up to bat right now..." he said. "How do you know that you were not brought right here to this place to learn how to make this world better? How do you know that Allah, sallalahu aleyhi wasallam," (meaning peace be upon him) "did not bring you here so that you could understand how to teach people what tolerance was, what justice was?... How do you know that you're not here to teach this country?"

I thought we were supposed to keep religion and politics separate. When did the "wall" fall?