The safety and security of the United States and her people is of the utmost importance to every single American, not just to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. I am confident that any American would do his or her utmost to prevent an attack of any kind against [...]
For the second time this month, members of Congress will hold a hearing on American Muslims – this time with a decidedly different spin.
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee plans to consider “measures to protect the rights of American Muslims” in a March 29 hearing, just weeks after an unrelated House committee prompted a flurry of [...]
Today — Wednesday, March 16 — James Madison is 260 years old. Despite the natural abundance and rich panorama that surrounds the grave site on his estate of Montpelier, he rests uncomfortably. Like his central Virginia neighbor and political alter-ego Thomas Jefferson, he felt that his greatest achievement lay in the realm of freedom of [...]
Rep. Peter King’s hearings about the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community was just the first in a series of similar inquiries. Moving forward, I hope King takes to heart the sincere and fair-minded critique of his inflammatory rhetoric and sweeping generalization about the Muslim community. Controversial topics and contentious debates need not be avoided, [...]
Today marks the beginning of US Representative Peter King’s hearings about the radicalization of Muslims Americans, which have cast him into the middle of a controversy regarding the true nature and intentions of his hearings. Regardless of his intentions, however, valuable lessons can be learned by bringing light to this subject, as Muslims and non-Muslims [...]
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