Posted on 03/23/2011 8:00:59 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Durbin to host hearings on protecting Muslim civil rights By Daniel Strauss - 03/23/11 09:50 AM ET
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) plans to hold hearings on protecting American Muslims' civil rights, his office announced Tuesday night.
The hearings come a few weeks after Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) held controversial hearings of his own on the radicalization of American Muslims. Those hearings were widely criticized by Democrats who worried that they unfairly singled out Muslim Americans.
But an official with knowledge of the matter said that Durbin's hearings are not meant to counter King's. Instead, it comes "in response to the spike in anti-Muslim bigotry in the last year including Quran burnings, restrictions on mosque construction, hate crimes, hate speech and other forms of discrimination," according to a statement announcing the hearings.
“Our Constitution protects the free exercise of religion for all Americans,” Durbin said in the statement. “During the course of our history, many religions have faced intolerance. It is important for our generation to renew our founding charter’s commitment to religious diversity and to protect the liberties guaranteed by our Bill of Rights.”
The hearings, set to begin March 29, will be held by the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Right and Human Rights, which Durbin chairs.
Civil rights officials from the Bush and Obama administrations as well as Muslim civil rights leader Farhana Khera are scheduled to testify.
This turd is attempting to get his licks in before the Senate goes right in Jan. '13.
Hey, little Dick... there's a skid mark 'cross your face... better get some tp to wipe it off fool.
And as a follow-up to Muslim rights hearings in the Senate, I’m absolutely positive that Sen. Durbin will propose holding hearings on preserving Christian rights in America. (/sarc)
That Duck-Face is a Dick-H**d I will not argue. But even he, as a senator from Illinois, will have a hard time getting muzzies in Detroit, Michigan, to vote for him.
Exactly, where are the Jewish civil rights?
Where are the Christian civil right?
The only single reason he did this was to hoist a flag over his desk with the words I LOVE MUSLIMS on it. Please send all your bribes and contributions to ME!
Hey Dick! Those savages would think nothing of cutting yours off, if you were a Christian or Jew.
Sen. Durbin cares more about Muslims than he cares about our military. He proved that when he gave a speech and said that our troops were like Nazis.
I hope that, in 2014, Congressman Peter Roskam will run for the U.S. Senate. If Durbin doesn’t run, ex-Rep. Debbie Halvorson will probably run.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Poor muslims. They are so misunderstood.
I wonder if they will support the civil rights of gays???
I wonder if they will support the civil rights of gays???
Would that be before or after they cut off their “willies’?
When written “ Dick Durbin “, is that a complete sentence and/or statement?
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