Keith Ellison: Perbedaan antara revisi

Keluarga Ellison telah menetap di AS sejak tahun 1742.<ref name="NYT1221">[http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F60816F83B550C728EDDAB0994DE404482 Congressman Criticizes Election of Muslim"] December 21, 2006. [[New York Times]]. Accessed via fee-based archive January 3, 2007.</ref> Keith Maurice Ellison adalah anak ke tiga dari lima bersaudara, dilahirkan sebagai penganut [[Katolik Roma]]<ref name="MSTJuly19">[http://www.keithellison.org/StribOpEd.htm "Keith: The value system that's behind my candidacy"] July 19, 2006. [[Minneapolis Star-Tribune]]. Accessed January 3, 2007.</ref> di [[Detroit, Michigan]], dari pasangan Leonard dan Clida Ellison, seorang [[psikiater]] dan [[pekerja sosial]].<ref name="RunningMan"/><ref name="Olson_11-19-06">{{cite news |title=First Muslim on his way to Congress - he will represent Minnesota, Islam |date=November 19, 2006 |author=Rochelle Olson |publisher =Mcclatchy Newspapers | url= http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061119/NEWS07/611190577/1009}} Retrieved on Dec. 6, 2006</ref> Ellison dan ketiga saudaranya menjadi seorang pengacara, sedangkan yang satunya adalah seorang [[dokter]]. Salah satu saudara laki-lakinya adalah seorang [[pastur]] di Detroit.<ref name="Olson_11-19-06"/> Ia lulus dari [[University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy]] pada 1981 dimana Ia tadinya aktif dalam olahraga dan senat siswa.<ref name="Olson_11-19-06"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Parent Newsletter for the Week of December 4, 2006 — Congratulations to all Our Newly Elected Cubs| url=http://www.uofdjesuit.org/|date=Dec. 4, 2005 |publisher= University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy}}</ref> Pada usia 19 tahun, selagi kuliah di [[Wayne State University]] di Detroit, Ellison pindah agama dari Katolik menjadi [[Islam Sunni]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091302297.html|title=Islamic Convert Wins House Nomination|author=Martiga Lohn|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Keith Ellison may be first Muslim in U.S. Congress|author=Todd Melby|date=September 17, 2006|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/09/17/keith_ellison_may_be_first_muslim_in_us_congress/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='I'm a Sunni Muslim'|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16474497/site/newsweek/page/0/|publisher=Newsweek|date=Jan 4, 2007|author=Michael Isikoff}}</ref> Setelah lulus pada tahun 1987, Ia kemudian menikah dengan kekasihnya ketika di SMU<ref name="MSTJuly19"/> dan pindah ke [[Minneapolis]] untuk melanjutkan studi di [[University of Minnesota Law School]]. Selagi kuliah, Ellison menulis beberapa artikel dukungan bagi [[Louis Farrakhan]] dari [[Nation of Islam]], yang menyebabkan kontroversi semasa kampanye didalamdi dalam pemilihan [[2006]]. Pada tahun [[1990]] Ia lulus dengan gelar [[Doktor]] dalam bidang [[hukum]].<ref name ="MN-Bio">{{cite web | url =http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=58B | title =Keith Ellison (DFL) 58B | publisher = Minnesota House of Representatives}}Retrieved on Nov. 16, 2006</ref><ref name=condon>{{cite web|last = Condon|first = Patrick|date= 2006-07-06|url = http://www.baystatebanner.com/archives/stories/2006/07/070606-09.htm|title = Muslim seeks both House seat and a place in history|work = Associated Press|publisher = The Bay State Banner|accessdate = 2006-11-04}}</ref>