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Libya has seen continued violence as the international community considers how to respond. The New York Times’ David Kirkpatrick reports from Tripoli. Here in the U.S., Congress will hold hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims on Thursday. Takeaway listener, Steve called from Denver to say: “If Peter King is going to investigate home grown […]

The House Committee on Homeland Security is scheduled to hold a hearing on American Muslim radicalization. To better understand how the hearing is being both covered and perceived in Muslim countries, we hear from Abderrahim Foukara of Al Jazeera.

Congressman Peter King’s (R-NY) controversial hearings are being met with tremendous anger from Muslims nationwide. But Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy is in favor of the hearings.

This week, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on what they are calling the radicalization of American Muslims. We talk with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder and chairman of the Cordoba Initiative.