Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Round 2: Pete King To Look At Muslim Radicalization In Prisons

Benjy Sarlin | June 15, 2011, 5:45AM

Rep. Pete King (R-NY)

Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) much-maligned look into the Muslim threat within continues on Wednesday with a hearing on radicalization in American prisons.

Like King's previous Homeland Security Committee hearings, his latest effort is already drawing protests from religious leaders who are concerned he's unfairly stoking paranoia about Muslim Americans' loyalty to their country. A group of Long Island civic and religious institutions organized a news conference on Tuesday to decry the prison hearing.

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Keith Ellison

Keith Ellison Spars With Sean Hannity: 'Stop Making It Like Only Muslims Are The Problem'

Jillian Rayfield | April 21, 2011, 1:10PM

Sean Hannity and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) -- one of two Muslims currently serving in Congress -- went on Sean Hannity's show Wednesday night to discuss the controversy surrounding last month's Muslim "radicalization" hearings by Rep. Peter King, and the results were predictably charged.

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Keith Ellison

Conservatives Mock Ellison For Emotional Testimony On Muslim 9/11 First Responder

Ryan J. Reilly | March 11, 2011, 1:05PM

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)

Rep. Keith Ellison's emotional testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee's hearing on Muslim radicalization as he recounted the tale of a 9/11 first responder who died in the attack was powerful stuff. But some conservatives had a different reaction -- suggesting Ellison was putting on a show and even that there were not false rumors about the 9/11 first responder in the heated period after the attacks.

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Peter King

Rep. Ellison Tears Up At King Hearings While Telling Story Of Muslim 9/11 First Responder (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | March 10, 2011, 11:15AM

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) was moved to tears today at Peter King's hearings on radicalization in the American Muslim community, when telling the story a Muslim first responder who lost his life on September 11th, 2001.

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Muslims

Keith Ellison: Sure, Have Hearings On Radicalization -- Just Don't Target Muslims

Rachel Slajda | December 23, 2010, 8:49AM

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)

The U.S. House's first Muslim congressman is totally fine with Rep. Peter King's planned hearings on radicalization -- as long as they doesn't focus on Muslims alone.

"It is legitimate to want to know what converts a [peaceful] citizen to somebody who would want to kill their fellow Americans," Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) told TPM in a phone interview Wednesday. "I think that's a fair question, and I don't think we know enough about it."

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Keith Ellison

Christian Minister: Muslim Congressman's Support Of 'Homosexuals' Is Part Of Sharia Plot

Ryan J. Reilly | December 2, 2010, 10:38AM

Radio host Bradlee Dean and Keith Ellison (D-MN)

A Christian minister in Minnesota said on his radio program that the nation's first Muslim member of Congress was soliciting the support of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to implement Sharia law. Follow his logic with us, wouldn't you?

Bradlee Dean of the religious ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International said on his radio program that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) is only supporting LGBT rights as part of a strategy to bring Sharia law to the United States, the Minnesota Independent reported.

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Muslim Mafia

White House Says President Hasn't Talked About Intern 'Spy' Accusations On Capitol Hill

Christina Bellantoni | October 19, 2009, 3:59PM

Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) and "CAIR intern" Dave Marshall, aka Chris Gaubatz

TPM asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during his briefing today about the Republicans who claim the Council on American Islamic Relations planted Muslim spies on Capitol Hill.

When we asked if President Obama was aware of the Republican charges, which have not moved an inch since they first announced the claims last week, Gibbs demurred.

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