Crowd in NYC Rallies Against Hearing on U.S. Muslims
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A crowd has gathered in New York's Times Square to speak out against a planned congressional hearing on Muslims' role in homegrown terrorism.
People at the rally Sunday were carrying signs saying "Today I am a Muslim, too."
They have heard from the imam who was an initial key supporter of plans to develop a mosque near ground zero. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf says the real enemy isn't Muslims or Islam, it's extremism.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Peter King, says affiliates of al-Qaida are radicalizing some American Muslims and that he plans to hold hearings on the threat they pose to the U.S.
Another group held a rally in support of King's hearing.