{"id":181,"date":"2012-07-13T21:10:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T21:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=181"},"modified":"2012-07-13T21:10:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T21:10:56","slug":"michele-bachmann-vs-the-muslim-brotherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/07\/13\/michele-bachmann-vs-the-muslim-brotherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Michele Bachmann vs. the Muslim Brotherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2012\/07\/bachmann_michele1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2012\/07\/bachmann_michele1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bachmann_michele\" width=\"220\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-183\" \/><\/a><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/07\/13\/bachmann%E2%80%99s_muslim_witch_hunt\/\"target=\"_blank\">According to<\/A> <I>Salon.com<\/I>, Michele Bachmann, &#8220;the Minnesota Republican, joined by Republican Reps. Trent Franks, Louie Gohmert, Thomas Rooney and Lynn Westmoreland, sent letters to the inspectors general of five government agencies responsible for national security to demand they investigate infiltration by the Muslim Brotherhood into the highest reaches of the federal government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alex Seitz-Wald also reports that &#8220;Bachmann\u2019s fellow Minnesota congressman, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, wrote a letter to Bachmann and her co-signers yesterday [12 July] demanding they provide evidence to support their accusations, or drop their claims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your take?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Salon.com, Michele Bachmann, &#8220;the Minnesota Republican, joined by Republican Reps. 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