Hill hearing again targets radicalized Muslims

WASHINGTON (RNS) The third in a controversial series of congressional
hearings on the "radicalization" of American Muslims showcased on
Wednesday (July 27) a militant Somali group that some experts say poses
a serious risk to the United States.

Al-Shabab has recruited more than 40 Americans and 20 Canadians,
said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security
Committee.

"Not al-Qaida, nor any of its other affiliates, have come close to
drawing so many Muslim Americans and Westerners to jihad," said King.
Committee Democrats, as they have previously, said King's hearings
unfairly single out the religious group, and called on him to hold no
more. Civil rights groups and Muslim leaders have also criticized the
hearings.