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First Muslim in Congress (Keith Ellison) breaks into tears during radicalization hearing
The Hill ^
| 3/10/2011
| Jordy Yager and Jordan Fabian
Posted on 03/10/2011 9:03:00 AM PST by Qbert
The first Muslim elected to Congress broke into tears Thursday as he delivered his opening remarks at a hearing on radicalization in the Muslim American community.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) became heavily emotional as he spoke about a 23-year-old New York Police Department cadet and paramedic named Mohammed Salman Hamdani.
Hamdani, a Muslim, was killed attempting to save people from the collapsing World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001, following the terrorist attacks, Ellison said.
Ellison was barely able to finish his statement but said he was concerned that fear-based rumors and prejudice could arise from Thursdays hearing before the Homeland Security Committee. It is titled, The extent of radicalization in the American Muslim community and that community's response. Mr. Hamdani bravely sacrificed his life to try to help others on 9/11. [Pause] After the tragedy some people tried to smear his character [pause] solely because of his Islamic faith.
Some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was involved with the attackers because he was a Muslim," Ellison continued. "But it was only when his remains were identified that these lies were exposed.
Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fellow American who gave his life for other Americans. His life should not be just a member of an ethnic group or just a member of a religion, but as an American who gave everything for his fellow Americans.
Ellison has criticized the hearing over the past few weeks and continued to denounce it in his testimony, saying that it could further ostracize the Muslim American community.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 112th; islamists; keithellison; peteking; radicalization
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Hamdani, a Muslim, was killed attempting to save people from the collapsing World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001, following the terrorist attacks, Ellison said. That's ONE muslim out of how many who are SAYING. THEY. WILL. KILL. US.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:10:34 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: Qbert
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:10:40 AM PST
by
Carley
(WISCONSIN STREET NO DIFFERENT THAN THE ARAB STREET. UGLY AND VIOLENT)
To: Qbert
How can I watch the hearing on my computer please?
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:10:50 AM PST
by
STD
(Love Your God, Love Your Neighbor!)
To: Qbert
Hamdani, a Muslim, was killed attempting to save people from the collapsing World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001, following the terrorist attacks, Ellison said.He wasn't a very devout Muslim then. You can say he was non-practicing. He refused to obey the jihad command in the Koran, and is an apostate.
To: opentalk
“The Somali radicalized youth were from his district. What did he do to help stop it.”
Exactly.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:11:02 AM PST
by
Qbert
("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
To: Sir Gawain
He wasn't a very devout Muslim then. You can say he was non-practicing. He refused to obey the jihad command in the Koran, and is an apostate.Hammer, meet nail.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:13:28 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: PalmettoMason
Don’t compare this azzwad to Mr. Boehner.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:13:28 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: cvq3842
He wasn’t even crying in photo I saw. What a fraud.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:14:08 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Qbert
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:14:23 AM PST
by
STD
(Love Your God, Love Your Neighbor!)
To: Spok
Can they really be that disingenuous or just that stupid?Yes.
and Yes
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:14:28 AM PST
by
digger48
To: Spok
Can they really be that disingenuous or just that stupid?Yes.
and Yes
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:14:40 AM PST
by
digger48
To: cvq3842
“Wonder if he wept on 9/11 . .”
Yeh the outrage from the American Muslim community was deafening as I remember. Not!
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:14:40 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: opentalk
Right! Why don’t they do more to search out these radicals?
That’s all we ask. help in taking out the trash. Oops, he’s part of the trash. My bad.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:16:03 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: Qbert
When his coaches told him to be a sympathetic figure at his testimony I doubt they meant for it to become a bawling whine.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:16:13 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: Qbert
Rep. Keith Ellison shedding crocodile tears....BOO F’n HOO
To: Hoodat
obama “muslin” religion went into the closet when he entered politices. He was considered a devout Muslim until he ran for public office. Of course he did claim to be the first Kenyan born U.S. senator elected to Congress. That went into the closet when he decided to run for the office of the President. Now he is American born. perhaps someday he will run for office in Kenya, and he will be become Kenyan “again”.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:20:33 AM PST
by
omegadawn
(qualified)
To: Le Chien Rouge
I will add a few letters LMFAO. I saw the video I am not an actor and I could have done a better job blubbering!
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:20:56 AM PST
by
Lees Swrd
("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
To: Qbert
Most muslims are not terrorists, But MOST terrorists are MUSLIM!
To: cripplecreek
I didn’t see him speak but I did see him earlier when King mentioned him in his introductory speech. Ellison began pulling up his socks when attention was directed his way. Wonder what a body language expert would say about that. He looked like a 5th grader.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:24:33 AM PST
by
Josephat
To: Qbert
He likely cried for joy on 9-11.
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:25:09 AM PST
by
VanDeKoik
(1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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