Rep. Peter King: "DHS Should Be Targeting Mosques, Not Veterans" - CAIR is Pissed!

Long Island, NY - Muslim leaders Saturday attacked as "bigoted" comments made by Rep. Peter King involving mosques and terrorism, although King shot back that he believes there is a "real problem" involving some mosques on Long Island.

In response to a recent Department of Homeland Security report about right-wing extremism, King told MSNBC Friday the department "has never put out a report talking about look out for mosques. Look out for Islamic terrorists in our country. Look out for the fact that very few Muslims come forward to cooperate with the police. If they sent out a report saying that, there would be hell to pay."

The New York Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) issued a news release saying King was stereotyping Muslims and that the FBI itself has said most Muslims cooperate with the agency.

"We urge elected representatives to distance themselves from King's bigoted remarks," said Faiza N. Ali, CAIR-NY's community affairs director. "Sweeping generalizations about Muslims and mosques have no serious place in national security discourse."

King said Saturday, "I stand by everything I said. I consider any attack by CAIR to be a badge of honor."

The Seaford congressman, who is the ranking Republican member of the Homeland Security Committee, also said that "right now there are a number of mosques under surveillance by law enforcement agencies" on Long Island. He would not state which mosques or which law enforcement agencies, but said the surveillance has been going on for four or five years.

In August 2007 an NYPD report acknowledged surveillance of Muslim communities in a bid to identify risks from extremists.

King said he has been angered by what he called a lack of cooperation by Muslim leaders on Long Island with law enforcement agencies, their alleged refusal to condemn al-Qaida, and conspiracy theories some have floated about the FBI, CIA and Israel being involved in the 9/11 attacks.

Muslim leaders on Long Island called King's allegations nonsense. Attorney Omar Chaudhry of Huntington said he personally gives diversity training courses at the Nassau County Police Academy, and that the Westbury-based Islamic Center of Long Island has hosted FBI officials at its dinners.

Another center leader, Habeeb Ahmed, called al-Qaida "a bunch of loonies," and said, "You cannot blame the whole community for the actions of a few. Every community has a few bad apples."

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[pjmgame]

@Kane88andToews19  Get the fuck out of here. Your just a fucking bigot who likes hurting people. American Muslims are telling you how they CONDEMN terrorism and you won't even let them fucking speak. if there's a muslim group that wants to explain that their not evil you'll REFUSE to listen to them because their muslim.

[hockeytruth]

@mistax2k

White groups need to be watched?

When whites assemble as a group they're terrorists?

Blacks and jews and arabs and greasy illegal aliens assemble as racial lobbies and get taxpayer funding while whites are placed on terrorist watch lists?

You are clearly the moron in this equation.

[Bexly]

@hockeytruth ENJOY THE FREEDOM THAT I HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BITCH

[hockeytruth]

@Bexly

You're nothing but an anti-american communist queer who's stupid enough to think he can disguise himself.

Don't assume to tell me when or when not to reply.

That napolitano pig belongs behind bars and if there's anyone who should be on a watch list it's cockroaches like you who attempt to defend the filth that comes out of that pig's snout.

[Bexly]

@hockeytruth listen bitch and dont reply: shit for brains said that Bin Laden was making shit up when he requested that all us troops leave arabia.KING SAID THAT THERE WERE NO US TROOPS IN ARABIA PRIOR TO 9/11 AND EVERYONE LEFT AFTER DESERT STORM! WRONG. he didnt even know that we had bases there. Dont call me a fuckin moron you simple motherfucker.i've given half of my life in your defense and the defense of the us in over 70 countries & every continent. talks cheap so fuck you

[qixxxz]

Muslims don't hate us for our freedom. They hate us for our Peter Kings and Pat Robertson's. We hate them for their crazy talking nut jobs but take a look. We have our own hate speaking, rhetoric spewing monsters as well. We should take a good look at how NOT to act, when we see Peter King.

[hockeytruth]

@ffairlane57

We'll do fine without anti-american freaks like you

[hockeytruth]

@Bexly Explain yourself moron. Why are we (Peter King and myself) morons? Is it because we aren't fans of Michael Jackson? Or is it because we don't like Napolitano the anti-American pig? Or does it have to do with Muslims or illegal aliens? Which of the above do you identify with? Are you a greasy illegal alien criminal? Do you dance around like Jacko or sleep with boys? Are you on a jihad ? Or are you an anti-American, open borders, new world order pig like napolitano? Which is it?

[Bexly]

@hockeytruth fuck you and that idiot bitch peter king...end it

[hockeytruth]

@mistax2k

LOL even if 'white supremist' groups recruit veterans that doesn't make them terrorists.

That would be the equivalent of saying that blacks who belong to the NAACP are terrorists, or that Jews who belong to AIPAC are terrorists, or Arabs that belong to CAIR are terrorists.

Whites have a right to form political groups just like other races do.

[hockeytruth]

@Bexly

You eat ass