Jackie Torboroff
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Okay, so the flag represents the growing Muslim population, the growing Somali population.
Somali has the largest population in Minnesota in the United States.
And there's a total of 3% Muslims in Minnesota.
So Tim Walls.
appointed three members to a 13-person flag committee.
There was no vote.
This happened in 2022.
It was approved, signed into legislation in 2023.
No one got to vote on it.
Here's the thing.
While it does resemble the flag of Somalia, we should not get caught up in this being a Somalia issue.
It's the eight-point Islamic star.
This is a symbol that is widely talked about in the Quran.
It is a very dedicated Islamic symbol.
And when symbols change, power shifts.
There are multiple cities throughout the United States that have replaced their traditional— Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, hang on one second.
Right.
Okay.
So people don't lose it with the Somalia thing.
The point is pattern recognition.