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 Thursday’s 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.
Why didn't they invite the real witnesses to Islamic radicalization in America.. namely Steve Emerson, Robert Spencer, Walid Phares, Walid Shoebat, Hirsi Ali, Nonie Darwish and many other former Muslims who know what they are talking about. This is going to be a farce.
FauX Tears, no doubt!
Ellison wishes he was on one of the planes that fateful day that struck at the heart of evil corporatism.
a day now celebrated by good little radical Islamists the world over..
How could people have elected this muzzie?
Idiots.
Or what?
“”After the tragedy some people tried to smear his character [pause] solely because of his Islamic faith.””
“But it was only when his remains were identified that these lies were exposed.””
Cart before the horse? How would anyone even know about him AFTER the tragedy if it took his remains to be identified to dispel rumors? Lost me.
Guess Ellison doesn’t remember the real tears that were shed all over our country on 9/11 - and tears of joy in muslim countries!!!
Someday!! Somehow!! these people are going to realize that we ALL can’t be brainwashed....
Hello, the KKK didn't crash hijacked jet airliners into the WTC. The Amish don't blow up trains, planes and automobilies. Brainwashed muzzies have killed almost every person killed in terror incidents worldwide.
Please list any other groups of people who bomb innocent women & children?
crickets
Islam is not adverse to killing everyone. Its based upon a 7th Century short lifestyle mentality, people. They even have forgiveness for accidently killing the innocent, so don't sweat the details, satan doesn't care if you make a few terrible mistakes.
JessCostello: Crocodile tears. This dude was in the Nation of Islam
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JessCostello/keith-ellison-tears-up-muslim-hearings_n_833981_80211752.html
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