With G-d's Name, The Merciful Benefactor, The Merciful Redeemer

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, has received a death threat from an online magazine published by the Islamic State terrorist organization.

In a 68-page piece, the terrorist organization calls for killing imams of the west and then points out "we cannot overlook" other western Muslim leaders, including Ellison. They called the Democrat representing Minneapolis a "politically active apostate" and named a dozen moderate and prominent Muslims, including Ellison, as terrorist targets.

Keith Ellison doesn't think much of ISIS. In fact, he doesn't even like calling it ISIS.

They're not Islamic, says Ellison, and it's not a state. So he calls them "Daesh," a term that translates roughly to bigot barbarians. ISIS reportedly hates this term.

Ellison's office sent out a statement about the mention on Wednesday.

"As millions of faithful Muslims flee Daesh's imposed nightmare they call a caliphate, Daesh takes the time to threaten Muslim public servants in the west," Ellison said. "Daesh is a collection of liars, murderers, torturers and rapists ... The fact that I'm on Daesh's bad side means I am fighting for things like justice, tolerance and a more inclusive world."

 The New York Daily News says Huma Abedin, an aide and close confidante to Hillary Clinton, was also described as a "politically active apostate," as are a pair of Muslim members of the British Parliament. 

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi says that if their targets are "caught before they repent, then there is no amnesty for them and there shall be a painful — and fatal — punishment." Words not to be taken lightly from a group that routinely cuts off the heads of its enemies. 

Then again, as Ellison himself has pointed out, you're probably more likely to get killed by a white spree shooter in America than you are an ISIS-inspired Muslim.

The Wall Street Journal says the screed identifies people like Ellison as "overt crusaders."