Jewish groups protested the Illinois governor’s appointment of the Nation of Islam’s minister of protocol to a commission on discrimination and hate crimes. The Chicago Jewish federation and the Anti-Defamation League said Claudette Johnson, or Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad, is not fit to be on the panel given her position with the Nation of Islam and connection to its leader, the Rev. Louis Farrakhan.
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