Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison: Abdullah Is a "Visionary Leader"

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, the only Muslim in the U.S. House of Representatives, is famous for labeling the whipmaster, King Abullah of Saudi Arabia, a "visionary leader". Surely Ellison is aware of the 2009 story of a young woman who was gang-raped and consequently awarded one year in prison plus 100 lashes:

"A 23-year-old unmarried woman was awarded one-year prison term and 100 lashes for committing adultery and trying to abort the resultant fetus.

The District Court in Jeddah pronounced the verdict on Saturday after the girl confessed that she had a forced sexual intercourse with a man who had offered her a ride. The man, the girl confessed, took her to a rest house, east of Jeddah, where he and four of friends assaulted her all night long.

The girl claimed that she became pregnant soon after and went to King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces in an attempt to carry out an abortion. She was eight weeks’ pregnant then, the hospital confirmed."

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?contentID=2009020828735&method=home.regcon

If that's not "visionary" enough to make you agree with Ellison, have a look at this more recent news item:

"Saudi has convicted several people in the kingdom over the past few years for practicing witchcraft or sorcery. On November 9, Ali Sabat was sentenced to death by a Medina court for witchcraft. The sentence was based on advice and predictions that Sibat gave on Lebanese television. The Saudi religious police arrested at least two other people on counts of witchcraft in the past month, according to local media reports.

. . . .

Mustafa Ibrahim, an Egyptian pharmacist working in Saudi Arabia, was executed in November 2007 for sorcery in Riyadh. He was found guilty for trying to separate a married couple 'through sorcery,' the Ministry of Interior said.

. . . .

Saudi citizen Fawza Falih was sentenced to death for witchcraft in 2006 after a 'discretionary' conviction."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259010981557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Let's keep those evil witches and wizards in check! To hell with Harry Potter! Keith Ellison, you're the man!

[Keith Ellison on the 9/11 attacks: "It's almost like, you know, the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that. . . . 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.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsjw_51Lfw4&feature=related]