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Woman Charged With Sending Pig's Foot To Congressman Killed By Police

Posted 12.28.2011 | Politics
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An Atlanta woman who allegedly mailed threats to lawmakers was shot and killed by police during an altercation on Christmas Day. Jameela Barnette, ...

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Rep. Peter King's Third Muslim Radicalization Hearing Rails Against Somali Threat

Posted 09.26.2011 | Religion
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By Lauren Markoe c. 2011 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The third in a controversial series of congressional hearings on the "radicalizati...

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Peter King Holding Second In Sequence Of Hearings On Islamic Radicalization

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 08.15.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — A congressional inquiry into the threat of Islamic radicalization in U.S. prisons quickly devolved Wednesday into a debate about po...

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Peter King Announces Second Round Of Muslim Radicalization Hearings

The Huffington Post | Bryan Maygers | Posted 08.10.2011 | Religion
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Representative Peter King (R-NY) has announced that the House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a second hearing on the "radicalization of the ...

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Islam Hearings Take Different Tone Under Durbin

Posted 05.29.2011 | Religion
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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- It was billed as the first-ever congressional hearing on the civil rights of American Muslims. Bu...

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Peter King Blasts Senate's Muslim Civil Rights Hearings

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics
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A few weeks after holding his own controversial hearings on the threat of the radicalization of American Muslims, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) is blasting...

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One Nation Under Allah

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Cathleen Falsani

It isn't a crime to practice Islam in the United States of America. At least, not yet.

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Conservative Republicans and Islam: A New Crusade for Votes and Funds

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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John L. Esposito

Recent hearings of Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) on the radicalization of American Muslims represent a growing campaign to discredit Muslims, witnessed mo...

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Islam Is Like Us

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Amitai Etzioni

The recently held Congressional hearing about Muslims in America returns us to the question of whether "Islam is peace" or a religion that promotes hate and violence. Islam -- like all other religions -- can be read both ways.

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A Dark Day For America

Rabbi Gerald Serotta | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Rabbi Gerald Serotta

King's hearings lead our country down a dark and dangerous path of demonization that threatens all of what America stands for, that which has uniquely allowed us to thrive as a minority here.

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Getting Clear On Rep. King's Muslim Hearings

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Dr. Faheem Younus

Is a separate line for Muslims at the airport security checkpoint a possible outcome of these hearings? Will these hearings lead to a ban on hijab? King has to remove the fog for Muslimericans.

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Rep. King's 2011 House Un-American Activities Committee Targets Muslim Americans

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Rep. Mike Honda

My father proudly served in the Military Intelligence Service. Yet when I was a child, we were confined at an internment camp simply because of our Japanese ancestry. Decades later, something similarly sinister is returning to our country.

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GOP Rep Taps Controversial Witness For Radical Islam Hearings

The Washington Post | Michelle Boorstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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In some ways, Zuhdi Jasser doesn't match the profile of the typical Muslim American. He's an active Republican who has supported the U.S. wars in Afgh...

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