# Muslims to Be Congressional Hearings’ Main Focus February 07, 2011 Author: Laurie Goodstein Source: The New York Times Magazine [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/us/politics/08muslim.html?\_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/us/politics/08muslim.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss) The new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday that he planned to call mostly Muslim and Arab witnesses to testify in hearings next month on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. See also:- [ Advocacy/Government ](/news-stories/advocacygovernment) - [ Civil Liberties/Civil Rights ](/news-stories/civil-libertiescivil-rights) - [ Islamophobia ](/news-stories/islamophobia) - [ Keith Ellison ](/news-stories/keith-ellison) - [ September 11 ](/news-stories/september-11) - [ Interfaith ](/religions/interfaith) - [ Islam ](/religions/islam) - [ Civic ](/tags/civic) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)