Interfaith Clerics Criticize Faith Radicalization Hearings

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Faith leaders condemn [Faith] hearings [by US Congress - 2011]
CNN (blog) - 1 hour ago
Clergy from across the nation's religious spectrum condemned Muslim radicalization hearings by Rep. Peter King, R-New York, which they said unfairly targeted Muslims. The clergy spoke at a press conference ...

Interfaith Clerics Criticize Radicalization Hearings
Voice of America - 45 minutes ago
Photo: AP A coalition of interfaith clergy on Thursday said American Muslim leaders are being falsely accused of not helping US law enforcement authorities fight terrorism. The religious leaders criticized a Congressional hearing that purported to ...

King: [Religious Radicalization] Hearing is not 'un-American'
Washington Times - 19 minutes ago
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee defended his decision Thursday to hold a hearing on the radicalization of Muslim Americans, saying there is nothing “un-American” or “radical” about Congress examining whether ... (Google)

Previous comments made over the centuries by interfaith clerics:

What's wrong at all with the Spanish Inquisition?
What's wrong at all with burning heretics at the stake?
What's wrong at all for arresting astronomer Galileo for saying the earth revolves around the sun?
What's wrong at all for burning at the stake the Engish scholar (Tyndale) for translating the Bible into the English language?
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Join Westboro Baptist Church of Kansas - the one true Church - endorsed by 8 out of 9 US Supreme Court judges (just last week)

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When these same clerics come out and both condemn radical Islamics who do terrorist acts and willingly help the authorities locate and stop suspected terrorists, I'll take their complaints seriously.

They are playing the political correctness card.

Dark-skinned people come into a white neighborhood and commit crimes, don't be surprised that white people become suspicious of dark-skinned people. Best way to build bridges is show no tolerance for those among your kind who are doing the bad deeds. Complaining of racial profiling is just lame.

Yet again, someone uncritically equates violence committed in the name of religion with muslims and muslims alone.

Christians might want to start acknowledging the skeletons in their closets. Yours is the faith that has provided us with such sterling examples as the WBC and the IRA. Jews are not exempt either--we must acknowledge that when we support Israel and fail to hold her to account for her wrongdoing, we allow wrongs to occur in the name of faith.

This isn't about political correctness--this is about hypocrisy.

@ visagrunt

I don't recall any radical Christian Groups conducting terrorist attacks against the United States in recent years.

When some radical Christian Group flies a plane into a building to murder innocent people, then you may have a legitimate argument. Until then, you really have no business dragging in things that some Christians did about a Century or more ago. If you want to drag up the IRA, I don't recall them being particularly active anymore and I don't recall them ever carrying out an attack on US soil.

Well, there is the occasional abortion clinic bombing or killing of an abortionist. But that happens only every five to ten years. That is more of a nuisance than a menace.

ruveyn

And churches immediately condemn the violence.

Anyways:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/wat ... your-pape/