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Peter King promises hearings on Muslim 'radicalization'
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Dec 20, 2010 10:25am |
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| Author | JENNIFER EPSTEIN |
| News Date | Monday, December 20, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) is vowing to hold hearings next year on what he calls the “radicalization of the American Muslim community and homegrown terrorism.”
The incoming chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security said he plans to examine the “disconnect” between law-abiding American Muslims and the homegrown terrorists who have plotted failed attacks in places like Times Square and Portland, Ore.
With the hearings in his committee, “I will do all I can to break down the wall of political correctness and drive the public debate on Islamic radicalization,” King wrote in a Newsday op-ed.
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told POLITICO he fears the hearings will become a “witch hunt.” Any hearing King holds, Hooper said, “is just going to further marginalize American Muslims and demonize Islam.” |
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