Rep. Peter King Says Threat of Domestic Islamic Terrorism Justifies Upcoming Hearing

It's interesting that an act of terror by a Muslim will not bring out the Muslim community to protest the terrorists but they will come out to protest a hearing.

3000 of our innocent American brothers and sisters were slaughtered by Islamic Terrorists (not peace abiding
Muslims) on 9/ll. Other attempts by them to kill Americans have, or have not, succeeded. Why should we not be car
ful and concerned?

it is true that most muslims are not terrorists. it is also true that most christians and jews are peace loving too. a third truth is that most terrorists are muslim, therefor it is the duty of all peace loving people to do something about it. if you are muslim, jewish, or christian and have knowledge of any violent sub-culture in your religion and do nothing or say nothing to any authority figure, then you are as guilty as the perpetrator(s) of any violent acts committed by them, and the blood of the victims is staining your hands also. the answer?...there will be no easy solution to this problem, and it will not just go away....but i forsee another 'crusade' someday in the future where it may be possible that an entire religion is wiped out to ferret out these extremists. after some terrorists nuke an american city, or some other large modern city (london, paris, moscow, new york...ect) it might be time to look at mecca during the annual pilgrimage and perhaps solve the problem that way. i dont endorse violence, but it is coming, and it is brought on by the extremists and terrorists themselves.

The situation in Gaza should be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today (9 March), as it called on the Human Rights Council to pass a resolution that would pave the way for the UN Security Council to make such a referral.

The UN Security Council’s swift action to refer the situation in Libya to the ICC Prosecutor contrasts markedly with its unwillingness so far to address the situation of the Gaza conflict, said Amnesty.

Amnesty International this week handed over a petition to Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the UN Human Rights Council, calling on the Council to take this crucial step later this month to ensure international justice for victims of the 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel.

Amnesty International UK Campaign Manager Kristyan Benedict said:

“The victims of the Gaza conflict have been demanding justice for over two years. Those demands have been totally ignored by the Israeli and Hamas authorities. Neither has seriously investigated credible allegations of war crimes.

“It’s now time for the international community to step in and insist on justice and accountability.

“Victims of the conflict must not be ignored any more. The member states of the UN Human Rights Council have a clear opportunity to do the right thing and ensure the situation in Gaza ends up at the ICC.”...

HELLO? Constitution thumpers?? This is a first amendment infringement. King is demonizing a religious group. Talk about xenophobia! Listen, I'm an atheist, I think all religion is worthless and detrimental to society: that being said, I will defend the right of citizens to practice their religion to the nth degree.

What I would like to see Congressman King do ,also, is make it clear to the ones that don't like our Laws and our Constitution, that they are extremely welcome to go back where they came from, post haste. We didn't come into these United States, they did, and I'm not leaving. Maybe we should make it easier to understand, that the OATH they took to become an American Citizen was not just for a few days, but for life. I believe these people swore to abide and live by the Laws of the United States of America, before they received their Citizenahip Papers. They can still be of Muslim Faith but the Sharia Laws (Hope that's spelled right)must stay in the Country are from. I'm sure that they knew their Laws were not welcome in the United States. Thank you for your time. TSgt., USAF Retired.

I agree with Peter king 100% . I will do anything he needs me to do to get support. NEVER FORGET SEPTEMBER 11 2001.

Yes, King, discuss the situation. Sit down with law enforcement, government analysts and talk about radical jihadists threatening America. Americans today are stripped searched at airline checkpoints for a reason and yet people don't even want to discuss the threat. Not all Italians were in the Mafia not all Muslims are jihadists not all priests are rapists. We are adults, identify the bad guys but don't stop the discussion for fear of hurting someone's feelings, this is the world we live in today.

There are other, non-Islamic, homegrown terrorism that needs to be investigated as well. Specifically targeting those associated with Islam for a congressional hearing is wrong.

The defeat of radical Islam would better the quality of life for peaceful muslims in this country . So why would CAIR or any other Muslim group protest this investigation? The accusation of religious bias is moot because radical Islam cannot be separated from peaceful Islam unless the radical elements are eliminated. The cooperation of the peaceful muslims is needed to achieve that separation. If the peaceful muslims are not willing to help defeat the radicals from within then they have no right to protest the investigation by Congress.