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Peter King (R-NY), chair of the committee; the testimony of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to Congress, and Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, president and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy; and a statement read by Rabbi Jack Moline, director of public policy at the Rabbinical Assembly, on behalf of the interfaith \u201cShoulder to Shoulder\u201d coalition.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org%2Fwnet%2Freligionandethics%2Fepisodes%2Fby-topic%2Fhearing-on-%25E2%2580%259Cradicalization-in-the-american-muslim-community%25E2%2580%259D%2F8350%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;width:450px;height:35px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch excerpts from the March 10 House Committee on Homeland Security hearing and from a news conference held by religious leaders. <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2011\/03\/11\/hearing-on-radicalization-in-the-american-muslim-community\/8350\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":17302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[6873,4236,9552,9565,8603,9556,5257,7184,6361,9564,9545],"class_list":["post-8350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-american-muslims","tag-congress","tag-congressional-hearings","tag-dr-m-zuhdi-jasser","tag-homegrown-terrorism","tag-homeland-security","tag-islamic-extremism","tag-islamic-radicalization","tag-rabbi-jack-moline","tag-rep-keith-ellison","tag-rep-peter-king","topics-politics","faith-muslim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hearing on Radicalization in the American Muslim Community | March 11, 2011 | Religion &amp; 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