BJC's Walker urges broader scope for hearing on radical Islam
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A Baptist advocate for religious liberty and the
separation of church and state said March 8 that House committee
hearings scheduled later this week on radical Islam should be broadened
to other faiths.
"The implied suggestion that terrorist threats to the American people
result from one religious group is an insult to the millions of
peaceful Muslim American citizens," Brent Walker, executive director of
the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, said in a telephone
press conference.
Walker joined experts in law enforcement, civil
rights and Muslim advocacy to criticize Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.),
chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, for a hearing scheduled
March 10 titled "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim
Community and that Community's Response."