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David Sirota: Today's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Rooted in '80s Pop Culture. NOTE: David Sirota's new book Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now is out on 3/15.

David Sirota: Today's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Rooted in '80s Pop Culture

Read USA Today's new cover story about the book here and pre-order the book here. The least intriguing aspect of Republican Rep. Peter King's congressional hearing this week on terrorism and the "radicalization in the American Muslim community" is the spectacle's obvious hypocrisy. Rep. Peter King's congressional hearings on American Muslim radicalization consider CAIR impact.

Rep. Peter King's hearings on radicalization among American Muslims: Details and background. Why did Peter King take on CAIR at radicalization hearings? In opening his controversial hearings this week about “radicalization in the American Muslim community,” Rep.

Why did Peter King take on CAIR at radicalization hearings?

Peter King (R) of New York targeted one group in particular for pointed criticism: the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition.