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269:(R–VA) issued a letter on the matter. Goode wrote "When I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way. The Muslim Representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran ... I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped." 156: 344:"It demonstrates that from the very beginning of our country, we had people who were visionary, who were religiously tolerant, who believed that knowledge and wisdom could be gleaned from any number of sources, including the Qurʻan. A visionary like Thomas Jefferson was not afraid of a different belief system", Ellison said. "This just shows that religious tolerance is the bedrock of our country, and religious differences are nothing to be afraid of." 99:(R–VA) issued a letter to his constituents stating his view that Ellison's decision to use the Qur'an is a threat to "the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America ... if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran." Goode's foray into the controversy caused many other members of Congress to weigh in. 33: 379:. Though the Library of Congress is directly across the street from the Capitol, Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an took fifteen minutes to arrive as it was brought through "a long, winding underground route via tunnels ... to protect the Quran from the elements". Once inside the Capitol, the Qur'an was placed in a rectangular box, and handled with a green felt wrapper when guards ran the book through security x-ray machines. 258: 383:
takes. Among his family was his mother Clida Ellison who thought that the controversy had a positive effect, "because many people in America are going to learn what the diversity of America is all about". Clida Ellison noted that she is a practicing Roman Catholic who goes to Mass every day. Ellison expressed his satisfaction that the controversy was behind him:
729:(London: Hawes, Clarke, Collins and Wilcox, 1764). The two-volume work, which resides in the Library of Congress's Rare Book and Special Collections Division, is one of nearly 6,500 titles sold to Congress by Jefferson in 1815 to replace the Congressional Library, that had been destroyed when the British burned the Capitol during the War of 1812. 228:'s Andrea Stone, Prager indicated that he would continue to write and speak about his opinion that Ellison and others should not use the Qur'an for swearing-in ceremonies while acknowledging that legally preventing Ellison from using the Qur'an could be unconstitutional. Prager said "I'm not arguing legality. I'm arguing what you should do." 244:. CAIR's executive director said, "No one who holds such bigoted, intolerant and divisive views should be in a policymaking position at a taxpayer-funded institution that seeks to educate Americans about the destructive impact hatred has had, and continues to have, on every society". Some members of the Memorial Council like 139:
at all, but to affirm, without reference to God or to a sacred work. Atheists and agnostics are thus protected, as well as members of certain Christian groups . Why would Muslims and others not be equally protected from having to perform a religious ritual that expressly invokes a religion in which they do not believe?"
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Ellison was impressed by the two-volume set, saying "Look at that. That's something else. Oh my God. This is great." A few minutes later, Nancy Pelosi arrived and photos of a ceremonial reenactment oath were taken. There were so many of Ellison's family in attendance that the ceremony was done in two
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on February 22, 2019 (prior to her own election to Congress), arguing that Omar and Tlaib should be required to re-swear their oaths on a Christian Bible, or else they could not be considered "legitimate" members of Congress. Similar to Ted Crockett, Greene was arguing, incorrectly, that a U.S. law
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noted that the Constitution states officials "'shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required ...' The option of giving an affirmation rather than oath ... the Constitution thus already expressly authorizes people not to swear
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Ellison spokesman Rick Jauert said "Keith is paying respect not only to the founding fathers' belief in religious freedom but the Constitution itself." Ellison, who was originally told about the Qurʻan from an anonymous letter, spoke to the Associated Press in a phone interview. He said that using
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When Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) takes his individual ceremonial oath of office on Jan. 4, it is to be with one hand upon Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran ... Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, requested to take the oath upon Jefferson's personal copy of George Sale's 1734
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criticized the decision in his November 28, 2006, column titled "America, not Keith Ellison, decides what book a Congressman takes his oath on," saying, "What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that
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were vocal in advocating his removal. In the end the executive committee of the council issued a resolution that the Council "disassociates itself from Mr. Prager's statements as being antithetical to the mission of the Museum as an institution promoting tolerance and respect for all peoples
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Although Prager previously wrote that Ellison should not be allowed to use the Qur'an for his swearing-in ceremony and that he should not serve in Congress if he was "incapable of taking an oath on that book ," he subsequently stated in a telephone interview with the
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It was good, we did it, it's over, and now it's time to get down to business ... maybe we don't have to talk about it so much anymore. Not that I'm complaining, but the pressing issues the country is facing are just a little bit more on my mind right
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In his December 5, 2006 article on the subject Prager denied that he was promoting a de facto religious test, despite his position that Ellison should not be allowed to take his oath on the Qur'an. Law Professor
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without the use of any religious text, and that such works are only used in ceremonial reenactments afterwards, Prager stated "That's the whole point: It's exactly because it's ceremonial that it matters."
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or a Qur'an as Ellison did. Crockett appeared lost for a response, indicating that he was unaware of Ellison's election, or the circumstances of his taking office. A later article by
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announced that Ellison "will hold the personal copy once owned by Thomas Jefferson" lent to him by "the rare book and special collections division at the Library of Congress".
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Goode's letter generated much criticism from Muslim-American advocacy groups and from his fellow United States legislators. Among those critical of Goode, were Reps.
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The column attracted national attention from supporters of both Ellison and Prager. Presented with the fact that all members of the House swear in (or affirm)
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A new level of gravity came to the controversy when responding to "a flood of e-mails from constituents" about Ellison's oath, fifth term Representative
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that he did not think Ellison should be banned from serving. "I don't think anything legal should be done about this." In an interview with
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elaborated that "Mr. Ellison, or anyone else, could have also used a comic book, a lesser Shakespeare play, or nothing at all."
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based on the inaccurate belief that all incoming members of Congress are legally required to swear their oath of service on a
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states "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States" (
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On January 4, 2007, before the first session of the 110th Congress, Ellison at a multi-faith prayer service recited verse
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Goode's spokesman, Linwood Duncan, said "no apology was forthcoming, and that the congressman stands by the letter."
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used no Bible in taking his first oath of office in 1901, but did in 1905. Other sources have noted that after
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took the presidential oath on a law volume containing a copy of the Constitution in 1825, and in 1853,
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requires the use of a Christian Bible, when in fact no such law exists (and would violate the
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Mark Dimunation, head of the rare book and special collections division at the
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Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division,
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After the members of the 110th House of Representatives were sworn in
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Ellison went on to use the English translation of a Qur'an owned by
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Ellison's photo-op reenactment of his swearing in ceremony with
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matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book."
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US Rep. Virgil H. Goode, Jr., of Virginia's 5th district
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Amy Argetsinger; Roxanne Roberts (January 3, 2007).
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On January 27, 2021, video footage was published of
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Separation of church and state in the United States
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Index

Qur'an oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress

Thomas Jefferson
Qur'an
Keith Ellison
Muslim
United States Congress
oath of office
representative
Minnesota's 5th congressional district
Qur'an
right-wing
Dennis Prager
Virgil Goode
Thomas Jefferson
George Sale
Constitution of the United States
Article VI, section 3
Eugene Volokh
Mazie Hirono
Buddhist

John Quincy Adams
Franklin Pierce
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
missal
Lyndon B. Johnson
Disciple of Christ
Library of Congress

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