Menurut Ellison, Amerika Serikat 'bisa berbuat lebih banyak' lagi dalam mencari upaya damai di Timur Tengah.
The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam which all able-bodied Muslims must undertake once in a lifetime if they have the means. This year, it will fall in December. Ellison, an African American who converted from Roman Catholicism while a student in college, said he believed the United States 'could do much more' in terms of engaging to seek solutions in the Middle East.