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Rep. Myrick Proposes Measures Against Radical Islam

By Howard Friedman

Last week, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick from North Carolina issued a release unveiling her 10-point "Wake Up America" agenda. As reported yesterday by World Net Daily, she is calling for a government investigation of all military and U.S. prison chaplains who were approved by Abdurahman Alamoudi when he headed the American Muslim Council. Myrick wants to know if any of the chaplains have ties to radical Islam. In 2004, Almoudi was sentenced to 23 years in prison in a terrorism financing case.

Myrick's Agenda also calls for the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Among its other points, the Agenda proposes legislation to outlaw the preaching, publication, or distribution of materials calling for the death of American citizens or attacks on the United States Government or Armed Forces. It proposes restricting R-1/R-2 religious visas for imams who come from countries that do not allow reciprocal visits by non-Muslim clergy, and it presses for reform of Saudi text books. While Myrick is head of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, these proposals are hers and not those of the Caucus. [Thanks to Alliance Alert for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).