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Emotions Run High at Rep. Peter King's Hearings on Radical Muslims in the U.S.
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter a firestorm of controversy, Rep. Peter King pressed ahead with his hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee Thursday examining the threat of radical Islam within the United States. He defended his decision to investigate the role of the Muslim community in homegrown terrorism even as his colleagues accused him of singling out Muslims, suggesting that fanatics from other religions deserve similar scrutiny. "There is nothing radical or un-American about holding these hearings," King, a New York Republican, told the Capitol Hill hearing overflowing with reporters, network ...
Muslim Military Worship Freely in Pentagon Chapel, Near 9/11 Crash Site
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAt the Pentagon, there's no controversy. In the reconstruction after attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a non-denominational chapel was built in an area about 100 feet from a plane's impact on the side of the mammoth building. There, on Friday afternoons, an imam conducts a Muslim service for worshipers with prayer rugs. Muslim military personnel also gather for group prayer at the Pentagon Memorial Chapel on weekdays, according to CNN. "What happens here is normal," Chaplain Carleton W. Birch, a lieutenant colonel, told the cable network. "I've never had a question about it," said Army Spokesman ...
How Right-wing Talkers Crassly Exploit the Fort Hood Tragedy
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Tuesday morning I accidentally had the chance to listen to Chris Plante, a Rush-wannabe radio talk-show host who appears on a local DC station. He was going on and on about how the Fort Hood shootings have driven the nation apart. An agitated Plante noted that 9/11 had brought the country together (that is, until George W. Bush exploited the attack to invade Iraq on false pretenses) but that in the wake of the horrific Fort Hood attack there's been no unity. Why? Because, as his website noted, Democrats and liberals have been "trying desperately to convince America" that Nidal Hasan, the ...
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