Rally hits Congress’s focus on Muslims, terror

[pampango]

Source: Boston Globe

About 300 people gathered in Times Square yesterday to speak out against a planned congressional hearing on alleged Muslim terrorism, criticizing it as xenophobic and saying that singling out Muslims is unfair. “Our real enemy is not Islam or Muslims,’’ Rauf said. “The enemy is extremism and radicalism and radical ideology.’’

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Representative Peter King, has said that affiliates of Al Qaeda are radicalizing some American Muslims. King plans hearings starting Thursday on the threat he says they pose. King, a Republican from Long Island, told CNN’s “State of the Union’’ yesterday that he sees an international movement with elements in the United States of Muslims becoming more radical and identifying with terrorists.

“American Muslims are as fully American as any other faith community,’’ said Rabbi Marc Schneier, founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.

The White House yesterday praised American Muslims for helping fight violent extremism.





Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/03/07/rally_hits_congresss_focus_on_muslims_terror/

[fasttense]

1. Yes, but 50 Tea-baggers with 100 corporate media news readers and politicians

gathered in DC 5 days ago and said they were all for this. Then they bowed and kissed the Koch brother's and Pete Peterson's rings.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Rebubula]

3. Sorry...

...but if we can focus on Tea Bag acts of terrorism - we must also shine a light on the Muslim world as well.

Obviously, we do not wish to demonize an entire swath of the world - but to ignore the rhetoric and violence in its name is myopic and suicidal. There IS a problem with violent extremists in the Muslim world (just as there IS a problem with violent extremists in the Tea Bag world) and denying\ignoring it does not do anyone any good.

I know that this post will be flamed and possibly removed....so be it. Ignore reality at your own peril.

[Bragi]

4. I think you are basically correct

I agree we can't just ignore the global reality of Muslim extremism, nor should we fear looking into it.

However, it is also true that the political left (a perspective which I share on most matters) is ever-keen to declare anyone who expresses concern about Islamic radicalism as being inherently racist.

The result is that the only people now openly discussing the matter are hateful right-wingers. This then, in a self-fulfilling way, confirms to the left that anyone who expresses concern is a racist right-wing hater.

Which is why I think you are right in expressing concern, and also correct in expressing concern that your posting risks being deleted from this site.

[Zax2me]

5. nothing to see here....

move along, move along....

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