Keith Ellison has pulled off a PR masterstroke in using a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson to take his symbolic oath of office, Rick Moran writes today in American Thinker. But Steve Gilbert, writing in Sweetness & Light, debunks the claim Ellison has made that it was suggested by an anonymous person. He cites a press release from the Muslim American Society dated December 21st, more than a week before Ellison announced his masterstroke.The Muslim American Society's executive director Mahdi Bray is quoted in the press release as saying:I hope when Congressman-elect Ellison takes his oath, he not only takes it on the Quran, but requests to use the one owned by Thomas Jefferson; one of America's founding fathers, kept at the National Archives. Perhaps such a move would educate the dear Congressman from Virginia concerning the longstanding contributions that Islam has made to American life.So why would Ellison wish to obscure the origin of this brilliant suggestion? Steve cites...(Read Full Post)