Thread: Muslim hearings’ organizer sure of support despite outcry

Muslim hearings’ organizer sure of support despite outcry
March 10, 2011 in Nation/World
Brian Bennett Tribune Washington bureau

WASHINGTON – For Rep. Peter King, 9/11 was personal. It was personal, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security says, for everyone in his Long Island district, which was home to dozens of the cops, firefighters and financial workers who died at the World Trade Center that day.

And despite concerted nationwide criticism of his plan to hold a hearing today on radicalization in the U.S. Muslim community, King says in his district he has nearly universal support.

“Everyone is telling me to go ahead with it,â€

sheila jackson lee.
laura richardson
yvette clarke

have all called the hearings a waste of time and lee actually had the nerve to waive a copy of the US constitution in the air

[quote="Ratbstard"]Muslim hearings’ organizer sure of support despite outcry

But research by two North Carolina universities shows that Muslims have been the top source of tips that have thwarted homeland terror plots.

“The most effective voices against al-Qaida’s warped worldview and interpretation of Islam are other Muslims,â€

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