produced every single radical try to avoid this i will tell you this goes for you more people like dr jasser hope or most encouraging today i don't want you to go non-profits like jasser talking publicly nonprofit i want people who are nonprofit i work for jesus whom i work i hate to say that i was pretty exhausted on with this what is was a done to fight terrorism that they work with law enforcement is not the issue is not afraid to talk he's a hero he's an wingnut welfare out there defaming. what is by saying that we're not cooperate with law enforcement in ways but then how do you feel it was have you brought i'm going to side of al qaeda plots no muslims have it and i don't see what they mean about muslims by most other most wanted this is the problem with anyone who i know you'll be going to the right of loosely rings are doing a lot in the valley that i don't know anything about everyone all types like me it was not i want to share with family and i tell you i do share i have to write about i'll show a lot for joining us but you know i think like a lot of people are saying what these h

dr. jasser. our next witness is melvin bledsoe, father of thank you very much for allowing me to come here and tell the country what happened to my son. this hearing today is extremely important to begin the discussion about the issue of islamic radicalization in america and my hope is that this committee can somehow address this issue in a meaningful, productive way. first, i would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family of private william long, and to the wounded soldier, quinton ezeagwula. i would like to talk about those complicit in private long's murder - the islamic radicals who programmed and trained my son carlos to kill. i want to tell the american people and the world what happened to my son. we sent him off to college at tennessee state university in nashville, tennessee in the fall of 2003. our dreams about his future ended up in a nightmare. carlos is my only son. he grew up in memphis, tennessee. my wife and i operate a tour company in memphis, tennessee and carlos starte

dr. jasser, and all of our witnesses today, thank you so much for being here and, dr. jasser, i applaud you being a bold voice on this subject. thank you. >> thank you. >> i yield back. >> thank you for yielding. i recognize the gentleman from texas, a former member of this committee, mr. green, good to have you back. >> thank you. it's an honor to be back. mr. chairman, ranking member thompson, i came by today because i love love what america stands for. i love the pledge of allegiance. it means something to me. liberty and justice for all. i love the declaration of independence, all persons created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. i love the constitution, a copy of which i hold in my hand. we the people is what it says. and then it goes on to say with this very first amendment, the very first amendment, congress shall make no law representing an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. by the way, this clause recognizes religion first. it is the first of the first, the first. and i want you to know not only

the cooperate and he's kind of hearings came right out of his mouth the first statement he made dr jasser he doesn't represent anyone the muslim community i think that's that's a bad thing that has to change just like every other religious community has great ideas or your statement to say that three muslims do not represent every single thing that will get matt listen just care represent every muslim american because if they do the american people populating the the thought of muslims are not good right now in the united states and is only thirty seven percent people and if you think i'm sorry something like this our congressional hearings on radicalization within the muslim american community really going to help change pre-sale seems like even that more people like dr jasser on cable news and care spokesman yes i don't think i don't think that you are laying out your jessa here by nonprofit terrorists important people like me or the people that broke out who have broken out the last seven in ten al qaeda plots who have been muslims who are speaking out and talking to communities one of

dr. jasser. our next witness is melvin bledsoe, father of joaquin. >> thank you very much for allowing me to come he today and to tell the country what happened to my son. this hearing today is extremely important to begin the discussion about the issues of islamic radicalization in america. my sincere hope that this committee can somehow adjust the issue in a meaningful, productive way. i would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family of private william long and th wounded soldier. i would like to talk about the complicity in private long's murder. islamic radicals who program and train made son carlos to kill. i want to tellmerican people and the world what happened to my son. we sent him off to college at tennessee state university of nashville, tennessee in the fall of 2003. our dream about his future ended up in a nightmare. carlos is my only son. he grew up in memphis, tennessee. we operated a touring company and he started helping out at the family business at age of 8. he loved t

dr. jasser. our next witness is melvin bledsoe, father of joaquin. >> thank you very much for allowing me to come here today and to tell the country what happened to my son. this hearing today is extremely important to begin the discussion about the issues of islamic radicalization in america. my sincere hope that this committee can somehow adjust the issue in a meaningful, productive way. i would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family of private william long and the wounded soldier. i would like to talk about the complicity in private long's murder. islamic radicals who program and train made son carlos to kill. i want to tell american people and the world what happened to my son. we sent him off to college at tennessee state university of nashville, tennessee in the fall of 2003. our dream about his future ended up in a nightmare. carlos is my only son. he grew up in memphis, tennessee. we operated a touring company and he started helping out at the family business at age of 8. he lo

dr. jasser said, the narrative is that america is at war with islam? >> no. i don't agree so much with that. i think that they use it to recruit as well to say american doesn't appreciate african-americans and that's one of the i think the reason you find a lot of african-american being recruited because they can use that as a weakness. >> thank you. >> sir, thank you for your question. to the particular group of the somali american which is a large group, dealing with the main thing, the main victims are somali victims in somali. it's also part of the american heritage and other worlds including the muslim world leaders, so to shed light on this, these people have a target to use these kids not only >> after the committee hearing, some of the witnesses along with the chairman spoke with reporters. this is 25 minutes. >> we should have had these hearings before. we have not had anything like this. this is necessary to get facts out of the table and to hear from members of the community as to what they go through when they want to raise the voice of moderation