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YouTube Pulls ‘Shocking and Disgusting’ Anti-Islamic Ad Against Rep. Keith Ellison | Last week, Gary Boisclair, a challenger to Islamic Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), posted a deeply bigoted anti-Islamic ad which juxtaposes heavily edited quotes from the Qur’an alongside graphic images of mass atrocities, and falsely claims that Islam’s holy text calls for Christians to “have their hands and feet cut off” or to be “crucified and killed.” Shortly after the ad went up, however, YouTube pulled it from its site for violating its “policy on shocking and disgusting content.” The ad, which concludes by attacking Ellison for “swearing an oath on a Qur’an, a book that undermines our Constitution and says that you should be killed” can be viewed here:
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