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Tag: Peter King

The influence of Islamophobia in congressional politics

March 19, 2013
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Communications Intern Titilayo Rasaki explores the network of misinformation experts and political figures that have created a national rhetoric of Islamophobia and hate.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged #HateFree, Brigette Gabriel, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Congress, Council on American Islamic Relations, David Yerushalmi, Frank Gaffney, Islamophobia, misinformation, Peter King

Peter King: On the wrong side of history

September 10, 2012
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Although the hysteria regarding Peter King’s hearings has died down, the Rep. from New York still poses a threat to the American Muslim community.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged American-Muslim, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, hearings, Islamophobia, New York, NYPD, Peter King, Radicalization

The inequality of hate

August 27, 2012
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That skewed ratio reveals the ultimate Orwellian truth in all of this: in the United States, all terrorists get equal attention, but some get more equal attention than others.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Daryl Johnson, domestic terrorism, Hate, Islamophobia, Peter King, sikh, terrorism, Wade Michael Page, Wisconsin

Why the American Muslim community should be concerned about Zuhdi Jasser

July 24, 2012
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Zuhdi Jasser claims to be a reliable representative of the American Muslim community, but a closer look tells us he is very far from it.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged American, Ground Zero, McConnell, Muslim, NYPD, Peter King, USCIRF, Zuhdi Jasser

Peter King’s Radical Hearings on “Radicalization”

June 24, 2011
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Government Affairs intern Ian Peterson discusses Rep. Peter King’s latest congressional hearing on the “Radicalization of Muslim Americans,” which focused primarily on the threat of Islamic “radicalization” within the United States prison system. Ian breaks down how King misconstrues the problem.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged alienation, Congressional Hearing, discrimination, Government Affairs Intern, Ian Peterson, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Muslim American, Peter King, Prison, Racist, Radical, Radicalization

PRESS RELEASE: King Hearings Generate Pushback on Rep.'s Anti-Muslim Agenda

June 16, 2011
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Peter King’s (R-NY) false allegations and his history of anti-Muslim comments have produced broad-based pushback against his biased agenda and generated significant questions about the veracity of his hearings, such as the one held today on Islam in U.S. prisons.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Congressman King, Islam, Islamophobia, King hearings, Muslim, Peter King, Press Release

PRESS RELEASE: King Hearings Generate Pushback on Rep.’s Anti-Muslim Agenda

June 16, 2011
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Peter King’s (R-NY) false allegations and his history of anti-Muslim comments have produced broad-based pushback against his biased agenda and generated significant questions about the veracity of his hearings, such as the one held today on Islam in U.S. prisons.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Congressman King, Islam, Islamophobia, King hearings, Muslim, Peter King, Press Release

Daily Herald: Durbin to hold hearing on Muslim civil rights

March 24, 2011
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“It’s a very timely and much needed initiative,” Ahmed Rehab said. “There has been a very one-sided conversation from Congress on Muslim rights and the Durbin hearing promises to balance the conversation… There have been a lot of politicians who are in denial as to the growing threat of Islamaphobians to the U.S. itself, this fear mongering, paranoid approach to anything Muslim.”

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, chicago, Civil Right, civil rights, Congress, Congressional, Constitution, Council on American Islamic Relations, Daily Herald, Dick Durbin, Dirksin, discrimination, Hearing, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Muslim American, Muslim civil rights, Peter King, Radicalization

Chicago Muslim Leaders To Respond To King Hearings 3/11/11

March 11, 2011
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Chicago Muslim Leaders will be holding a press conference today at 3:00PM to react to today’s congressional hearings on Muslim “radicalization” led Rep. Peter King (R-NY).

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Posted in Features, Multimedia, Photo Album, Press Center Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIRChicago, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Downtown Islamic Center, Islam, King hearings, Peter King

WGN: Ahmed Rehab comes to the studio to assess King hearings

March 10, 2011
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“Its an embarrassment to our political system,” said Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director. “There is nothing wrong with questioning the sources of radicalization, the nature of radicalization. The problem is when he fails to differentiate between the mainstream on one end, who is us, and the extreme on the other end – the many and the few – the community and underground individuals. Failing to distinguish between the two is precisely the problem we are seeing at the hearings.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, American, anti-Muslim, Congress, Congressional, fear monger, Hearing, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Peter King, Press Conference, Radical, Radicalization, Rep King, Terror, terrorism, WGN
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