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VIDEO: Muslims in America – Thoughts on the King Hearings
heritage.org ^ | 3/24/11 | Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, MD, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD)

Posted on 03/24/2011 3:46:03 PM PDT by Nachum

A couple weeks ago, the House Homeland Security Committee, under the leadership of Rep. Peter King (R-NY), held hearings on radicalization in American Muslim communities.

It was hardly the replay of the McCarthy hearings that many on the left had hoped for. And so, aside from Rep Ellison’s tearful testimony, the hearing itself received less extensive press coverage than the lead up. The upside to this is that the Committee had the opportunity to do just as Mr. King suggested: look dispassionately at radicalization – a problem many Muslims themselves will tell you greatly concerns them. The downside is that some of the more thoughtful testimony – like that of Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim himself, was not given the attention it deserved.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: america; muslims; thoughts; video
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1 posted on 03/24/2011 3:46:07 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

It’s been around for a while but this is always worthy for those who don’t know...like, perhaps the Congress: Islamberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEmzvAVacLU


2 posted on 03/24/2011 3:50:21 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Nachum

I’m very well impressed with him. I’d like to hear more from him.


3 posted on 03/24/2011 3:56:32 PM PDT by yellowroses (A yankee in Texas)
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