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Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 - 10:26 Makkah mean time-18-3-1437
Congressman Peter King (AFP File image)
Washington (IINA) – The Republican Party representative Peter King urged the U.S. government to perform surveillance on mosques, FORTUNE website reported.
King, who is a member of the House Homeland Security and Select Intelligence committees, appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the threat of terrorism. The interviewer read a statement, quoting King, in which the congressman said 24/7 surveillance is the “only way” to uncover a potential threat, adding: “You look where the terror threat is going to come from and right now it is going to come from the Muslim community.”
King responded to his own quote by saying that civil libertarians and constitutionalists can “cry all they want,” but “the fact is that’s where the threat is coming from.”
King cited the example of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers. He argued that police receive little cooperation from Muslim community leaders, and if someone from that particular mosque had alerted authorities, the tragedy could have been prevented.
King’s sentiments echo that of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, who has been under fire for making similar statements about Muslims. Following the Paris attacks, Trump advocated for a surveillance program on mosques, backing down on a previous statement just days later in which he proposed closing down some mosques completely.
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