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<b>The 6 dumbest things said at Rep. Peter King’s Muslim
radicalization hearing<br>
</b>By Sahil Kapur<br>
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 -- 2:47 pm<br>
<br>
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King's (R-NY)
hearing on American-Muslim radicalization Thursday was destined to
have its fair share of dumb statements, especially since a majority
of conservatives believe Muslims are more prone to violence than
adherents to other religions.<br>
<br>
Here's a roundup of some of the strangest comments made at the
hearing.<br>
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<b>1) Neo-Nazis don't commit terrorist acts</b><br>
<br>
"There is no equivalency of threat between al Qaeda and Neo-Nazis,
environmental extremists, and other isolated madmen," Peter King
said. "Indeed, by the Justice Department’s own record, not one
terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis,
environmental extremists, or anti-war groups."<br>
<br>
According to FBI data compiled in a January 2011 report, there have
been 14 attempts at domestic terrorism by individuals or groups
identified as "Neo-Nazi." High-profile examples since 2009 include
Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn and Justin Viera.<br>
<br>
<b>2) Probing U.S. Muslims is just like probing Nazi war criminals,
KKK<br>
</b><br>
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) implied that investigating American Muslims
is not so different from probing Nazi war criminals.<br>
<br>
"I would say to those who criticize us for a singular focus here
that I have been on panels that have investigated the continuing
presence of Nazi war criminals in the United States," Lungren said,
adding, "I've been there where we've examined the Ku Klux Klan...and
skinhead groups and militias."<br>
<br>
"We were not criticized -- or if we were, I didn't think it was
reasonable criticism to say we didn't look at other gangs at that
time."<br>
<br>
<b>3) 'We've surrendered the constitution to the jihadists'</b><br>
<br>
Zuhdi Jasser, founder and president of American Islamic Forum for
Democracy, lamented, "We've surrendered the constitution to the
jihadists."<br>
<br>
Jasser added that investigating the Ford Hood attack without using
the words "Islam" or "jihad" is "like trying to treat cancer without
saying the word."<br>
<br>
<b>4) 'Most' Muslims just don't understand the Koran!</b><br>
<br>
"What I think is the bigger problem is most Muslims don't even know
what the Koran is all about," LA Country Sheriff Leroy Baca said.<br>
<br>
He was responding to a question from Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) about
the Muslim community's relationship with law enforcement.<br>
<br>
<b>5) America couldn't possibly ally with Muslim countries<br>
</b><br>
Zuhdi Jasser glossed over quite a bit of U.S. foreign policy when
saying this: "To ever be an ally with a Muslim country based on
Sharia would be impossible."<br>
<br>
As it turns out, the United States is -- or has been -- allied with
numerous Muslim nations that practice Sharia law, including Saudi
Arabia, Afghanistan and Egypt.<br>
<br>
<b>6) Obama isn't 'singling out' Muslims enough</b><br>
<br>
While warning of "the threat of Sharia law to the U.S.
constitution," Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) emphatically declared that he
was "outraged" at the Obama administration for "not singling out our
enemy."<br>
<br>
But Duncan also insisted that nobody on his "side of the aisle" was
intent on attacking Islam in general.<br>
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