[Typonenko]

Bush like Hitler, says first Muslim in Congress

By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 1:14am BST 15/07/2007


Keith Ellison, a convert to Islam, has cultivated a moderate image since being elected last November

America's first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinting that he might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks.

Addressing a gathering of atheists in his home state of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, compared the 9/11 atrocities to the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1933. This was probably burned down by the Nazis in order to justify Hitler's later seizure of emergency powers.

"It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," Mr Ellison said. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted."

To applause from his audience of 300 members of Atheists for Human Rights, Mr Ellison said he would not accuse the Bush administration of planning 9/11 because "you know, that's how they put you in the nut-ball box - dismiss you".

Vice-President Dick Cheney's stance of refusing to answer some questions from Congress was "the very definition of totalitarianism, authoritarianism and dictatorship", he added.

Mr Ellison also raised eyebrows by telling his audience: "You'll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists all you want."

A convert to Islam who was previously linked to the extremist Nation of Islam, Mr Ellison, 42, has cultivated a moderate image since being elected last November, concentrating on issues such as health and education.

He is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq. But he angered his own anti-war supporters by voting for a budget bill that aims to end the war over the next 18 months. His followers want an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

After his speech was reported, Mr Ellison said he accepted that Osama bin Laden was responsible for 9/11. But his demagogic comments threaten to plunge him in controversy.

Mark Drake, of the Republican party in Minnesota, said: "To compare the democratically elected leader of the United States of America to Hitler is an absolute moral outrage which trivialises the horrors of Nazi Germany."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...4/wbush114.xml

lol idiot. But what people can expect from him? He CONVERTED to islam, I think that sums up pretty clearly his mental disability.

[The Elemental O]

Originally Posted by Typonenko

lol idiot. But what people can expect from him? He CONVERTED to islam, I think that sums up pretty clearly his mental disability.

Look whose talking, now I would agree that comparing Bush to Hitler is kinda silly but saying that he's stupid because he's a muslim? If that were true then I would have been a Taliban member right now

[RuSSiaNThuG]

one slipped through the cracks

[Typonenko]

If he was born a muslim, ok. But the guy converted, plus he had ties with the nation of islam.

[The Elemental O]

Originally Posted by Typonenko

If he was born a muslim, ok. But the guy converted, plus he had ties with the nation of islam.

He reportedly asserted that his involvement with the Nation of Islam had been limited to an 18-month period around the time of the Million Man March in 1995, that he had been unfamiliar with the Nation of Islam's anti-Semitic views during his involvement with the group, and that he himself had never expressed such views. He also stated that he was never a member of the Nation of Islam, but only worked with it to organize the Minnesota contingent to the Million Man March.

he latter denounced the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan, writing "I wrongly dismissed concerns that they [Farrakhan's remarks] were anti-Semitic. They were and are anti-Semitic and I should have come to that conclusion earlier than I did."


Wasn't Muhammed Ali a convert, yes he was NOI member but he wasn't what you call stupid plus he converted to otherdox Islam after that. Same thing Malcom X, he was a convert of NOI, found out the NOI version was just an African Nazi-like version of Islam and converted to othordox Islam and that's why the NOI had him killed.

[ABACA]

Originally Posted by The Elemental O

He reportedly asserted that his involvement with the Nation of Islam had been limited to an 18-month period around the time of the Million Man March in 1995, that he had been unfamiliar with the Nation of Islam's anti-Semitic views during his involvement with the group, and that he himself had never expressed such views. He also stated that he was never a member of the Nation of Islam, but only worked with it to organize the Minnesota contingent to the Million Man March.

he latter denounced the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan, writing "I wrongly dismissed concerns that they [Farrakhan's remarks] were anti-Semitic. They were and are anti-Semitic and I should have come to that conclusion earlier than I did."


Wasn't Muhammed Ali a convert, yes he was NOI member but he wasn't what you call stupid plus he converted to otherdox Islam after that. Same thing Malcom X, he was a convert of NOI, found out the NOI version was just an African Nazi-like version of Islam and converted to othordox Islam and that's why the NOI had him killed.

Islam and killing apostates seems to go hand in hand.

[anaconda]

Originally Posted by ABACA

Islam and killing apostates seems to go hand in hand.

stupid comments and you seem to go hand in hand.

[ElKarlo]

I thought Muslims LIKED Hitler, so this should be taken a s a huge compliment.

[ElKarlo]

Originally Posted by The Elemental O

He reportedly asserted that his involvement with the Nation of Islam had been limited to an 18-month period around the time of the Million Man March in 1995, that he had been unfamiliar with the Nation of Islam's anti-Semitic views during his involvement with the group, and that he himself had never expressed such views. He also stated that he was never a member of the Nation of Islam, but only worked with it to organize the Minnesota contingent to the Million Man March.

he latter denounced the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan, writing "I wrongly dismissed concerns that they [Farrakhan's remarks] were anti-Semitic. They were and are anti-Semitic and I should have come to that conclusion earlier than I did."


Wasn't Muhammed Ali a convert, yes he was NOI member but he wasn't what you call stupid plus he converted to otherdox Islam after that. Same thing Malcom X, he was a convert of NOI, found out the NOI version was just an African Nazi-like version of Islam and converted to othordox Islam and that's why the NOI had him killed.

Being a member of the NOI and not knowing it was anti-semitic is pretty dumb. The group is based on that and anti white racism. To me that is not much different than joining the Klan and saying; "I had no idea these guys were racist" afterwards. This guy is either a liar or an idiot.

[FallenXAngel]

Originally Posted by ElKarlo

I thought Muslims LIKED Hitler, so this should be taken a s a huge compliment.

I think it's just the Iranian pres. that liked Hitler, because like Hitler, he too wants to exterminate the jews