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Lawmaker sees Muslims as threat; Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode Jr. said in a letter that more Qur'an-carrying Muslims will follow Minnesota's Keith Ellison to Congress unless immigration laws are tightened.(NEWS)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20061221
Author:Hotakainen, Rob

Byline: Rob Hotakainen; Staff Writer

Washington, D.C. -- A Muslim group is asking Virginia Republican Rep. Virgil Goode Jr. to apologize after he told hundreds of his constituents that more Muslims will follow Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minn., to Congress if strict immigration laws are not passed.

"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," Goode ...

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