In defense of Peter King's Muslim hearings

By Asra Nomani

Credit: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post
When I heard that Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) was going to hold hearings on the issue of radicalization inside our American Muslim community, I thought: It's about time.

As those hearings begin on Thursday, all of us need to grab a front row seat. This is a discussion we desperately need to have as a nation because for far too long we have lived in a culture of denial, fueled in part by Muslim community leadership that--like just about any community tends to do until prodded--denies our problems rather than admits them.

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In defense of Peter King's Muslim hearings