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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
The second, equally faulty assumption of these hearings is that someone who is particularly devout in his or her Islamic faith, as you have said, is well on the way to becoming a terrorist.
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Peter King
Republican · New York

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King refutes the idea that devout Muslims are likely to become terrorists.

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