Republican urges Islam terror hearings amid 'McCarthyite' witch-hunt claims

Source: The Guardian

A New York Republican has pressed ahead with congressional hearings on the threat of homegrown Islamist terrorism , dismissing claims of a McCarthyite witch-hunt against America's Muslims.

Peter King, who chairs the homeland security committee in the House of Representatives, said the hearings were essential to national security, and that Muslim leaders should do more to help authorities prevent extremist attacks.

"The main goal is to show the extent of radicalisation within the Muslim-American community, how dangerous that is, how serious that is," he told Fox television. "It's a real threat. It's a growing threat, and it's not just me saying this."

He accused community leaders of not doing enough to protect America from attacks – although he said the majority of US Muslims were "good Americans".

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/07/islam-terror-hearings-mccarthy-witchhunt

trying to pin this Islamic terrorism on their political opponents.

I say, let Petey King have his witch hunt. It will just make them look more like the racist asses they are.

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The way we're treating the Muslim population in this country, we're more likely to wind up creating the very problem we're looking for.

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An enemy to distract us at home while he has his way abroad.

is the Christian extremists.

We have never had a Muslim attempt to rewrite our laws yet the Christians do it constantly.

When's the last time a Muslim tried to convert you to Islam? Never happened!

King should stfu!

Frankly, those bastards scare the crap out of me.