I think that this guy will bring more info back from the locals than any of the other trips.


WASHINGTON - Rep. Keith Ellison, Congress' only Muslim, made a weekend trip to Iraq, where a pair of sheiks urged him to help counter al-Qaida's vision of Islam.

Ellison, D-Minn., said he met in Ramadi with the two sheiks, who oversee several hundred thousand congregants.

"They were very upset and concerned that al-Qaida is misrepresenting Islam," Ellison told reporters Monday during a conference call from Germany on his way back to the U.S. "And they were talking to me about what I can possibly do to work with them to give a clearer, more accurate picture of what Islam is all about."


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From what I know of Keith Ellison he already has made a difference in showing how his religion can have a moderate, peaceful voice.

So far this guy has done a pretty good job and seems to be doing the job he was elected to do--a novel concept in Washington.