ACT! For America

Just Before Hearings, King Will Appear On Anti-Muslim Group's TV Show

Rachel Slajda | January 20, 2011, 8:43AM

Just before he holds hearings on the "radicalization" of Muslims in America, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) will appear on the new TV show for a group that believes Muslims are the enemies of America.

In early February, King, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, will appear on the debut episode of a TV show produced by the group Act! For America. The group's founder, Brigitte Gabriel, believes that Muslims can't be trusted to serve in the U.S. armed forces; that "tens of thousands of Islamic militants now reside in America ... attending our colleges and universities, even infiltrating our government;" and that Americans must unite to "defeat radical Islam."

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Topics: ACT! For America, Islamophobia, Muslims, Peter King

Muslims

CAIR Pulls 'Don't Talk To FBI' Poster

Rachel Slajda | January 18, 2011, 8:38AM

The Council on American-Islamic Relations asked its California chapter to take down the image of a poster -- one that says, "Build a wall of resistance. Don't talk to the FBI" -- it used to promote a discussion about the FBI's tactics in recent terrorism investigations.

As soon as the national organization found out about the image last week -- about the same time Fox News and others began writing about it -- officials asked the chapter to pull it down, a CAIR spokesman tells TPM.

"It is not consistent with CAIR's policy of constitutionally informed cooperation with law enforcement," government affairs director Corey Saylor said.

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Topics: CAIR, FBI, FBI Sting, Hatem Abudayyeh, Muslims

Pete King

Peter King: I Won't Widen Hearings To Include Non-Muslim Extremism

Rachel Slajda | January 11, 2011, 1:27PM

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who just became chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, says he will not widen the scope of his hearings on "Muslim radicalization" to include non-Muslim extremists.

The ranking member of the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), had, in the wake of the Tucson shootings, called for King to expand his investigation to non-Muslim extremism as well.

King declined, according to Newsday, saying the shootings in Arizona are besides the point.

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Topics: Bennie Thompson, Homeland Security Committee, Muslims, Pete King, Tucson Shootings

Katie Couric

Katie Couric: 'We Need A Muslim Version Of The Cosby Show' (VIDEO)

David Taintor | January 3, 2011, 11:26AM

After the outbreak of Islamophobia in 2010, CBS news anchor Katie Couric thinks she has a solution: "Maybe we need a Muslim version of The Cosby Show."

In a round-table discussion with Politico's Jonathan Martin, comedian Mo Rocca and theroot.com's Sheryl Huggins-Salomon, Couric said "the bigotry expressed against Muslims in this country has been one of the most disturbing stories to surface this year."

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Topics: Cosby Show, Islamophobia, Katie Couric, Muslims