http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2011/03/muslims-welcome-hearings-by-congressman.html
Mike Ghouse, president of the World Muslim Congress welcomes the initiative by Congressman Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security to hold the hearings on Islamic radicalism.
Mike Ghouse, president of the World Muslim Congress welcomes the initiative by Congressman Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security to hold the hearings on Islamic radicalism.
It is our duty to keep law and order and faithfully guard the safety of every citizen. Hate is one of the many sources of disrupting the peace in a society and it is our responsibility to seek the source of such hate and work to mitigate it.
Indeed, the last few attempts to mess with our nation’s security has come from men flaunting the Muslim label, and as Muslim Americans, it becomes our individual and collective responsibility to participate in ensuring the safety of every American, and we welcome the hearings. We hope it will lead us to find the sources and causes of such erratic behavior, and perhaps point out areas of concerns to be addressed and find lasting solutions.
We have to identify the criminals who are individually accountable for their actions, and need to punish them expediently according to the law. As a civil society, we must also resist the temptation to blame their family, nation and religion, and not fall for and legitimize their attempts to hide under a religious label for their evil acts. The use of phrases such as Islamic Radicalism is oxymoronic and must be avoided to uphold our civility.
As Americans together and Muslims together, we are planning to organize conferences and workshops on terrorism, anti-Semitism, Sharia, Quran, GLBT, racial profiling, Islamophobia and other issues which pit one American against another. We hope to separate realities from myths to help find solutions.
Mike Ghouse is the founder of America Together foundation, committed to building cohesive societies offering pluralistic solution on the issues of the day. His work is indexed in 4 websites and 21 Blogs at http://www.mikeghouse.net/
If King wants to keep moderate Muslim's from offering informatio¬n about radical Muslims to law enforcemen¬t then this is a good plan. He also may be considerin¬g that 25% of his district's voters are evangelica¬ls and they like this anti-Musli¬m stuff. So it looks like he would like to stir up the anti-Musli¬m fever to energize his base? Why would he do this? It is counterpro¬ductive in all ways - except pleasing the evangelica¬ls and calling attention to himself. Maybe that's what it's all about. Publicity for King at the cost of the creating trouble for moderate Muslims
ReplyDeleteWorld Muslims welcome this? Well, American Muslims don't, and the hearing is in America.
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