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Bush Appointee to Holocaust Awareness Council: Qur’an Akin to “Mein Kampf”

HeadlineDec 06, 2006

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on the Bush administration to remove a right-wing talk show host from a taxpayer-funded council on Holocaust awareness. The broadcaster, Dennis Prager, has drawn controversy for stating Congressmember Keith Ellison should be sworn into Congress using a Christian Bible instead of the Qur’an. Ellison is the first Muslim elected to Congress. Prager said using the Qur’an would “undermine American civilization” and be like using a copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” The Bush administration recently appointed Prager to a five-year term on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

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