Muslims still upset over hearings to find out why Muslims are still upset

Rep. King starts the hearings on Islam and the homegrown threat thereof on Thursday, March 10 but the Muslim community wants nothing to do with anybody questioning Islam or Muslims.  CAIR of course has stuck it's hands into this, agitating Muslims to resist the call to participate and to protest the hearings.

These hearings will turn out to be so much noise, amounting to nothing more than empty rhetoric and shallow platitudes on what to do. 


From FOXNews March 7

King Claims Common Ground With White House on Islam Hearings, Blames CAIR for Backlash

The nation's largest Muslim advocacy group and other organizations are stoking opposition to a hearing planned later this week in Washington which will delve into the threat posed by Islamic radicalization. 

But Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee hosting the hearing, said Monday that he's on the same page as the White House when it comes to addressing that threat and engaging moderates in the American Muslim community. 

"I'm not going to give into political correctness. I'm going ahead," King told Fox News. 

But Rep. King, you are bowing to political correctness by not having those who know Islamic doctrine inside and out.  You are not calling Robert Spencer, Ayyan Hirsi Ali, Whalid Phares, Steve Emerson, Pamela Geller, Andrew Bostom, Ibn Warraq, Father Zacharia Boutros or any of the dozens on expert scholars on Islam.  Why is that, Rep. King?

Ahead of Thursday's hearing, hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday in Times Square to accuse King of unfairly targeting Muslims. The event featured celebrities like hip hop mogul Russell Simmons and was backed by a slew of religious organizations and leaders.

King, though, pinned blame for the backlash on the Council on American Islamic Relations. Noting CAIR's history as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a terrorist funding case, King said CAIR is exactly the kind of group Muslim leaders should "push aside." 

CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper acknowledged his organization has been organizing opposition to the hearing "from the very beginning," but said the backlash is broad-based. 

"We'd like to take credit for being the sole opposition to his witch hunt, but in fact it's actually, literally hundreds of interfaith and community groups, civil liberties organizations who are opposed to these hearings in their current form," Hooper said, adding that his organization continues to be concerned about "bias" at the upcoming hearing. 

With his hearing, the New York congressman said he's simply taking "the logical next step" beyond what the White House has discussed. 

Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough gave a speech on Islamic radicalization Sunday at a Virginia mosque. There, McDonough stressed that the country does not practice "guilt by association" and that violent extremism is not unique to any group, but said the responsibility to oppose it rests with everybody. 

McDonough's address was an apparent prelude to King's hearing. Though he did not refer to King during the speech, he was quoted afterward saying, "We welcome congressional involvement in the issue." 

King, noting he spoke with McDonough Friday night, said once the "window dressing" from Sunday's mosque speech is cleared away, the two of them are saying effectively the same thing. 

"I agree with everything he's saying," King told Fox News. "What he is saying is what I'm saying. This is a real threat. Al Qaeda is recruiting in the United States." 

King said he's "not generating fear" but just "stating the facts." 

OK, Al-Qaeda recruits in the US.  How do thet do this, where do they do this, who is involved, where does the money come from, what imams and mosques are hotbeds of jihadist activity, what role does the Muslim Brotherhood play in this and other questions raised will not be answered if CAIR and other opposition get their way.  And it looks like they have, as of now.

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