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**Kdgjhytiy** · 03-07-2011, 03:16 PM

To give this some context, the embarassment of my home town, Peter King, is singling out Muslims with a hearing on Capitol Hill:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12661941

Several hundred people have gathered in New York's Times Square to protest at this week's Congressional hearings on the US Muslim community.

The hearings will look at the extent of radicalisation within the community and the response on that issue of Muslim leaders.

Muslim organisations say they are being unfairly singled out.

The hearings are in response to such events as the Fort Hood shootings and the Times Square car bomb plot.

'Xenophobic behaviour'

The BBC's Tom Burridge in Washington says the protesters braved the rain to march on the streets of New York, many carrying banners reading "Today I am a Muslim too".

In the hearings, Peter King - a Republican Congressman and chair of the homeland security committee - has called several witnesses to testify about "the extent of radicalisation within the American Muslim community".

Mr King, who represents New York, claims some Muslim leaders are not doing enough to help the police and the FBI investigate terror plots which originate in the US.

Our correspondent says cases such as that of Pakistan-born US citizen Faisal Shahzad, who tried to blow up a car bomb in New York's Times Square last year, and Virginia-born US army Maj Nidal Hasan, who allegedly killed 13 people on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, have changed political language and thinking in the US. How about a panel to investigate extremists like Fred Phelps, or the hate spouted by Pat Robrtson, and whatever types of violence they incite?

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Kdgjhytiy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	To give this some context, the embarassment of my home town, Peter King, is singling out Muslims with a hearing on Capitol Hill: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12661941 Several hundred people have gathered in New York's Times Square to protest at this week's Congressional hearings on the US Muslim community. The hearings will look at the extent of radicalisation within the community and the response on that issue of Muslim leaders. Muslim organisations say they are being unfairly singled out. The hearings are in response to such events as the Fort Hood shootings and the Times Square car bomb plot. 'Xenophobic behaviour' The BBC's Tom Burridge in Washington says the protesters braved the rain to march on the streets of New York, many carrying banners reading "Today I am a Muslim too". In the hearings, Peter King - a Republican Congressman and chair of the homeland security committee - has called several witnesses to testify about "the extent of radicalisation within the American Muslim community". Mr King, who represents New York, claims some Muslim leaders are not doing enough to help the police and the FBI investigate terror plots which originate in the US. Our correspondent says cases such as that of Pakistan-born US citizen Faisal Shahzad, who tried to blow up a car bomb in New York's Times Square last year, and Virginia-born US army Maj Nidal Hasan, who allegedly killed 13 people on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, have changed political language and thinking in the US. How about a panel to investigate extremists like Fred Phelps, or the hate spouted by Pat Robrtson, and whatever types of violence they incite?
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