Muslim could be a 1st in Congress
Groups pin hope on Minnesotan
By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff
October 23, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS -- While there is no such thing as a sure thing in politics, congressional candidate Keith Ellison is a good bet to join the freshman class of 2006 in the US House of Representatives.

If he does, Ellison, who is the Democratic nominee in an overwhelmingly Democratic district, will take the oath of office with his hand on the Koran and not the Bible -- the first Muslim in American history to be elected to Congress. the rest