[Spectator] For the first time in decades, Minnesota is at risk of swinging red and electing the Republican presidential contender. Pollsters agree that the state, which has not elected a Republican to any statewide office since 2006, has become gradually more conservative in recent years as Democrats have lost support from rural Greater Minnesota.
But Republican hopes of winning Minnesota stand to be dashed by ISAIAH, a powerful federation of leftist, politically active churches that recently formed an interfaith partnership with some of the state’s most hardline Islamist leaders. Led in part by a radical Egyptian holy man, at least 24 Minnesota mosques established the Moslem Coalition of ISAIAH, and it promises to play a crucial role in the 2020 elections.
ISAIAH describes itself as a "coalition of faith communities fighting for racial and economic justice in Minnesota," and for years it has organized local congregations to pursue collective, mostly progressive initiatives aimed at concentrating political power. Although it advocates for racial equality like many left-wing groups, ISAIAH was apparently established to represent religious progressives opposed to supporting Israel and promoting LGBT issues. |