Middle East ForumPHILADELPHIA – Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the leading candidate to head the Democratic Party, has withdrawn, under pressure from the Middle East Forum and its allies, from an Islamist convention in Chicago on Dec. 27.
Rep. Ellison was scheduled to speak at the Muslim American Society (MAS) – Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) annual convention alongside a variety of extremist speakers. On December 15, MEF and other allied organizations circulated research on several dozen speakers due to share a platform with Rep. Ellison to national media outlets. Today, MEF spoke with a representative from MAS-ICNA who acknowledged that Ellison has opted out of the event.
