Saya belum pernah berkunjung ke negara Muslim sebelumnya, kata Ellison, yang pada pelantikannya mengambil sumpah dengan menggunakan AL-Qur'an milik Presiden ke-3 AS Thomas Jefferson.
I had never been to a Muslim country before this visit to the area, said Ellison, who took the oath of office in January on a copy of the Qur'an that belonged to the third US President Thomas Jefferson.