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Sunday, 10 April 2011 Fireworks at New York State 9/11 Hearing over Shariah by Jerry Gordon http://www.newenglishreview.org/images/clear.gif Nonie Darwish at NYS 9/11 Hearing Those of you who watched the live streaming of the hearings Friday, April 8th on post 9/11 counterterrorism developments chaired by State Sen. Greg Ball (R-C) Chairman of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs witnessed a 'fiery' exchange between colleague Nonie Darwish, director of Former Muslims United and Brooklyn Senator Eric Adams. It was triggered by her remarks over the hate at the core of Shariah as an apostate who experienced it first hand in her native Egypt. Darwish was part of a panel that included Frank Gaffney, Jr. of the Center for Security Policy. You may watch the hearing exchange in the <http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/greg-ball/gallery> Sen. Ball's video archives, when it is put up later this month. The New York Times and the New York Post had articles on the heated exchange. The Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/nyregion/09hearing.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adx nnlx=1302430068-p/mPkSV9pOrmB1CHH42qkg> report <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/nyregion/09hearing.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adx nnlx=1302430068-p/mPkSV9pOrmB1CHH42qkg> " <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/nyregion/09hearing.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adx nnlx=1302430068-p/mPkSV9pOrmB1CHH42qkg> At State Senate Meeting on Threats to City, a Tense Debate Over Islamic Terror",focused on the over the top hectoring of Darwish by Koran-waving Sen. Adams in defense of 'peaceful' American Muslims in his Brooklyn district. For parts of the day they did just that, peppering law enforcement officials and counterterrorism experts with questions about port security and equipment upgrades for emergency responders. But that discussion was overshadowed when the hearing descended into a tense and at times provocative debate over Shariah law <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/sharia_islam ic_law/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> and whether Muslims are predisposed to terrorism. That was the claim advanced by two speakers who were invited to testify by Senator Gregory R. Ball, a first-term Republican from Putnam County and the chairman of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, who was roundly criticized by interfaith groups and lawmakers for making Islam one of the topics of the hearing. "The education of Arab children is to make killing of certain groups of people not only good, it's holy," testified one of the speakers, Nonie Darwish, an Egyptian-born American who is director of a group called Former Muslims United. Mr. Ball asked Ms. Darwish to discuss what it was like being educated in the Arab world. "It is horrendous," she said. "They don't leave your mind to think for itself. You're supposed to hate Jews. You're supposed to hate America. You're supposed to hate Western culture." Her testimony was met with an angry rebuke from Senator Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat, who held up a Koran and said that Ms. Darwish was "bringing hate and poison" to the hearing. Mr. Ball tried to quiet Mr. Adams, but their back-and-forth escalated into a shouting match, with Mr. Adams suggesting that Mr. Ball was condoning bigotry and Mr. Ball accusing him of pandering to the news media. "I'm glad that nobody is between those TV cameras and you," Mr. Ball said, "because that's the most dangerous place in New York City right now." The yelling match seemed to frustrate some of the other lawmakers. "I want to get back to what this is all about: homeland security is about the future of this city and this state, to make sure that we're safe," said Senator Martin J. Golden <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/martin_j_golde n/index.html?inline=nyt-per> , a Republican from Brooklyn. Ms. Darwish was followed later by Frank J. Gaffney Jr., a former Defense Department official who has often publicly criticized Islam. In his testimony, Mr. Gaffney denounced Shariah law as a threat to the United States and said that American efforts to prevent future acts of terrorism had been encumbered "by what we consider to be politically correct blinders." The New York Post report, <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/koran_grandstand_at_security_m eet_HMxHPpoP8Er9g4GP7KZepO> "Koran Grandstand at Security meet", Sen. Martin Golden (R-C) sounded a sotto voce 'amen' in response to his Brooklyn colleague Sen. Adam's histrionics. State Sen. Marty Golden (R-Brooklyn) tried to find middle ground. "This, obviously, is her assessment how she was brought up in her life," he said. "It doesn't have anything to do with the good Muslin Americans who live in this country." Given the CAIR protests on New York's City Hall steps the day before Sen. Ball's Homeland Security post-9/11 hearing, it would appear that some on the New York Senate Homeland Security panel were incensed by what Darwish and Gaffney had to say. Where they intimidated by those CAIR Protests? Clearly, this 'sturm und drang' exchange illustrates that public discussion of the threat of Shariah to our US Constitution awaits a more deliberate, fair and balanced hearing. That has not occurred to date in either Rep. Pete King's US House Homeland Security Committee Hearing opening session last month in Washington, DC nor in NYS Senator Ball's hearing in lower Manhattan on Friday. CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood fronts in America clearly don't want that to occur. They would rather leave the 'heart of darkness' in the Qur'an away from what Justice Brandeis called in one of his famous Supreme Court dissents, the 'disinfectant of sunlight'. Tags: Nonie Darwish <http://technorati.com/tag/Nonie+Darwish> , Former Muslims United <http://technorati.com/tag/+Former+Muslims+United> , Frank Gaffney <http://technorati.com/tag/+Frank+Gaffney> , Jr. <http://technorati.com/tag/+Jr.> , SNYS Sen. Greg Ball <http://technorati.com/tag/+SNYS+Sen.+Greg+Ball> , NYS Sen. Eric Admas <http://technorati.com/tag/+NYS+Sen.+Eric+Admas> , NYS Sen. Martin Golden <http://technorati.com/tag/+NYS+Sen.+Martin+Golden> , Hearing on post 9/11 Homeland Security <http://technorati.com/tag/+Hearing+on+post+9/11+Homeland+Security> , New York Times <http://technorati.com/tag/+New+York+Times> , New York Post <http://technorati.com/tag/+New+York+Post> http://www.newenglishreview.org/images/clear.gif Submit Your Comment <http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_comment.cfm/blog_id/33775> Posted on 04/10/2011 6:08 AM by Jerry Gordon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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