King: Hearings on Muslims in America will be fair

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 03/09/2011 | Unknown

[arderkrag]

WASHINGTON – The Republican congressman who has organized controversial hearings into radical Islam called Muslims "part of the mosaic" of America Wednesday and said they shouldn't feel threatened or intimidated by his inquiry.

"If there is going to be animosity, I would blame it on my opponents," Rep. Peter King said in a nationally broadcast interview.

King, who heads the House Homeland Security Committee, has come under withering criticism for the hearings scheduled to begin Thursday. Protests have already started, and comparisons to McCarthyism and the era of communist witch hunts are being heard.

In one appearance on morning television, King was asked if he was singling out the Muslim community rather than focusing on a more generalized terror threat against America.

[americanophile]

I haven’s seen the catch-all word “Muslim” used by the MSM, for years...at least not until King’s hearings, which rather than focusing on the whether or not they’ve been radicalized, which is what King is looking into, it’s simply called King’s “Muslim hearings.” As if it’s a survey course on Mohammedans. MSM, always doing their part.

[ichabod1]

I like the melting pot because it reminds me of chocolate fondue. Fondue. So quaint.+

[ichabod1]

I call them Islamic Supremacists because it is evocative of White Supremacists, and you know what a bunch villians whitey bees when he gets together in groups with his cracker ass.

[MeganC]

Rio Vista? I think you mean Rio Linda.

[NormsRevenge]

http://homeland.house.gov/

Hearing on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.”

On Thursday, March 10, 2011, the Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing entitled “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.” The Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. in 311 Cannon House Office Building.

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Witnesses

Panel 1

Hon. John D. Dingell, A Representative in Congress from the 15th District of Michigan

Hon. Keith Ellison, A Representative in Congress from the 5th District of Minnesota

Panel 2

Hon. Frank Wolf, A Representative in Congress from the 10th District of Virginia

Panel 3

Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, President and Founder, American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Mr. Abdirizak Bihi, Director, Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center

Mr. Melvin Bledsoe, Private Citizen

Sheriff Leroy Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

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Live Feed Web Cast

http://homeland.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/homeland/20501/150_homeland-chshearing_070430.asx