Torgerson video mentions Islam, but not Ellison

“I want to wake up America to the problem of political and ideological Islam.” Torgeson states.

Wonder if there are parallel problems with political and ideological Christianity. After all, the Christian- dominated states are much more heavily armed of late, presenting a greater potential risk. How many Muslims have died in conflict of late compared to Christians?

I urge MinnPost readers to take a gander on candidate Torgeson’s web site. Note that I support Rep. Ellison as a practical manner, though lately my neighborhood is in the 3d, not 5th. On her site, Torgeson claims that Islam, because it advocates criminal behavior, doesn’t deserve protection under the First Amendment. That’s not my understanding, but I’m not an attorney or constitutional scholar. Anyway, in the spirit of open discourse:

http://www.torgersonforcongress.org/id2.html

As a secular Arab-American who actually understands history, and a scholar of Islamic terrorism, Lynne is right on the ball. She’s also a friend of mine and I can tell you she’s a pragmatic centrist individual that would really clean up the way Washington works. We don’t agree on everything, but we clearly need more people in Washington who understand the threat we face. Our counterterrorism policies have been somewhat cowardly since 9/11. Effective to a degree, but not good enough.

Ellison is clearly a person who doesn’t know history. If he did, as a black man, he’d have not converted to Islam, considering the black slave trade en masse was the work of Muslim Arabs. I don’t see what he could possibly gain from it.

To clarify, I’m the Arab-American, in case you misunderstood me. My mistake.