The new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday that he planned to call mostly Muslim and Arab witnesses to testify in hearings next month on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York, said he would rely on Muslims to make his case that American Muslim…
Congressman Mike Hoffman (R-Colo) joined 10 other Republicans on Capitol Hill to request the removal of Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary on the heels of the Abdulmutallab attack on Christmas Day. “There should be no tolerance for her lack of leadership,” the letter from the lawmakers read. “…it is imperative that you dismiss her immediately.”
The screening of Geert Wilders’ film Fitna, highly critical of Islam, is planned to screen inside Capitol Hill on Friday, and drawing condemnation from US Muslims. “I am a strong an advocate of First Amendment free speech. However, this is not about free speech, but rather an issue of propriety, timing and venue,” said Representative…
CAIRO – New York’s young Muslim hero who defended a group of Jewish subway passengers from a racist attack is being honored with an invitation to attend President George Bush’s State of the Union address at Capitol Hill. “He was as excited as we were in inviting him,” Rep. Joseph Crowley of New York told…
