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Gary Peters: “I think it is important to remember when we are talking about folks who are engaged in these activities with extremism…”

On the recordMay 6, 2015
I think it is important to remember when we are talking about folks who are engaged in these activities with extremism, it is just a tiny sliver of the Muslim community here in the United States.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Emphasizing that extremism represents a small part of the Muslim community.

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