On Thursday, Rep. Peter King, in his capacity as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will kick off hearings which seek to investigate the “radicalization” of Muslims in the United States.
While lots of religious leaders are uniting in opposition to these hearings, others, like Richard Land, think they are a fantastic idea and a great opportunity for Muslims to prove that they are not terrorists … and if they dare to object, they are only making things worse:
Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, praised the upcoming meetings for allowing Muslim leaders to separate themselves from Islamic terrorists and establish their loyalty to the United States.
“This is a great opportunity for the Muslim community to come forward and denounce terrorism,” Land told The Christian Post on Monday.
The long-time religious freedom expert said he would advise Muslim leaders to reject the acts of American terrorists – such as that of Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square – and to aid authorities to stop the recruitment of American Muslims by terrorist groups.
“If they (Muslims) don’t do that and attack the questioning, they’re exacerbating the problem,” Land said.
For the record, let me point out that Land is currently serving his fifth term as a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
