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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Peter King

New York City Getting Its Own Muslim Radicalization Hearings -- Starring Peter King And Frank Gaffney

Jillian Rayfield | April 7, 2011, 11:40AM

State Sen. Greg Ball (R-NY) with U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Frank Gaffney

A New York State Senator is taking a cue from Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and holding hearings on Muslim radicalization on Friday in New York City, featuring testimony by anti-Islam mainstay Frank Gaffney, and even King himself.

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Bernard Melekian

Federal Funds For Counterterrorism Training Pay For Anti-Muslim Instructors

Ryan J. Reilly | March 15, 2011, 9:35AM

Muslim Mafia Co-Author David Gaubatz

There's been an explosion of both state and federal money flowing into counterterrorism training for law enforcement in the years since Sept. 11. But it is becoming increasingly clear that some of the experts who are providing counterterrorism training for local law enforcement officers are sometimes not well vetted and have provided training which is based on bias against all Muslims and relies on falsehoods and exaggerations.

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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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Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Peter King Hearing Focuses On Whether Peter King Hearing Was A Good Idea

Ryan J. Reilly and Melissa Jeltsen | March 10, 2011, 4:15PM

Constitutions were waved. Tears were shed. Off-color analogies were made. And, of course, Randall Terry, Code Pink and a massive pack of cameras were there for the highly-publicized, intensely debated hearings on the "Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response" held by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Thursday.

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Chip Cravaack

House Republican: Hypothetically, Let's Say CAIR Is A Terrorist Organization ... (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | March 10, 2011, 2:45PM

Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN) continued on the theme that Reps. Peter King (R-NY) Frank Wolf (R-VA) started on earlier today at King's hearings on the "Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response" by attacking the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

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Islamic Terrorism

Lungren On King Hearings: No One Complained About Scope Of Hearings On Neo-Nazis Or The KKK (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | March 10, 2011, 1:30PM

Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) said that it's unfair to criticize Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) hearings on Muslim radicalization for having a "singular focus," because the hearings are "looking at a specific problem and we're trying to deal with it" -- just like similar panels, he said, that dealt with neo-Nazis, the KKK, and militia groups.

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Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Peter King: Neo-Nazis Aren't As Big A Threat As Al-Qaeda (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | March 10, 2011, 11:45AM

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) hit back at criticism of his hearings on Muslim radicalization in his opening statement before the Homeland Security Committee on Thursday and said that the threat of neo-Nazis and lone mad men don't compare to the threat of al-Qaeda.

"I am well aware that the announcement of these hearings has generated considerable controversy and opposition," King said. "Some of this opposition such as my colleague and friend Mr. Pasqual has been measured and thoughtful. Other opposition from special interest groups and the media has ranged from disbelief to rage and hysteria."

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Islamic Terrorism

King, Wolf Go After CAIR At Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Ryan J. Reilly | March 10, 2011, 11:25AM

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) went after the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at the Homeland Security Committee's hearing on Muslim radicalization on Thursday.

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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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Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Dingell: Remember McCarthy, Don't 'Blot Good Name' Of Muslims (VIDEO)

Melissa Jeltsen | March 10, 2011, 10:53AM

Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)

Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), the first witness to speak at Thursday's hearings on Muslim radicalization, warned House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-NY) to proceed with caution.

"For years, I ran investigative committees. I kept a picture of Joe McCarthy hanging on the wall so that I would know what it was I did not want to look like, to do or to be."

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