Posted on 03/10/2011 3:34:49 PM PST by tobyhill
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim congressman, gave emotional testimony Thursday to a House of Representatives committee hearing on radicalization in the U.S. Muslim community.
Tearfully describing the story of a Muslim-American first-responder paramedic who died on September 11, 2001, Ellison criticized New York Republican Rep. Peter King for leading the controversial hearings that have reignited a national debate over how to combat a spate of home grown terrorism. Muslims in America: Demographics and beliefs "Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fellow American who gave his life for other Americans," Ellison said, his voice breaking. "His life should not be defined as a member of an ethnic group or a member of a religion, but as an American who gave everything for his fellow citizens."
"This committee's approach to violent extremism is contrary to American values and threatens our security," Ellison said. The congressman tried to hide his tears behind his papers and quickly left the room after his remarks.
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Was the first-responder paramedic who died on 9/11 a relative of Rep. Keith Ellison? Why was he crying about someone he never met who died ten years ago? Why was he not crying for the 3,000 Americans who died on that day? Is he emotionally disturbed? Is he afraid of what they will find when they take a look at his connections to terrorism?
"We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam."
"The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers."
"The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful Muslim majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous."
I don't think the Muslim congressman is cowed or extraneous. He is part of the problem, possibly one of the . . . *sigh*. . . fanatics.
Cry me a river.
Since the Lame Stream Media would not cover this it shows how corrupt they are - that includes FOX & it’s 20% Mooooslum ownership. FReepers, we must put an end to Islam in this nation.
I don’t believe anything a Muzzie has to say. THEY LIE!!!
Did he know this guy? No. Did he cry publically when 1000’s were killed on 9-11? No. What a POS this kat is.
Just watch - All the media will show this bastard crying about another Moooslum.
Ellison said that “some people” tried to smear the Muzzie Fire Fighter...what EVIDENCE does the Muzzie Rep have to support his allegations?
Watching Hissy Chrissy on MSNBC now and he is propagating the smear campaign against Rep. King. Saying King FAILED today, that he spoke of HATE today. Said King was pushing a personal agenda.
Also Chrissy showed vedieo of Rep Jeff Duncan, R-SC speaking about the threat of Sharia Law to the US Constitution. Very good question by the Rep, “How will Sharia law affect the US?.
More “Stoking fear, political craziness says Chrissy as he plays video of Newt speaking about, Under NO Circumstance that Sharia Law would EVER be used in a US court. More video and cherry picked video and audio of Beck, Rush, Sharon Angle etc. to show how radical and “a band of nit wits” the Republicans are...
This libtards are beyond the pale, they are completely nuts.
We must form:
AMERICANS FOR A MUSLIM FREE AMERICA
The time is now. Stand Up For America
The envelope please. And the whiner er winner is——Keith Ellison for best actor in a Muslim Brotherhood supporting role.
Anybody have a video of him?
That is excellent!
One of the first tricks flimflam artists and politicians master is the ability to shed tears on cue.
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