mr. bihi,f you can tryo finish in 30, 40 second >> i will finish that. i want to conclude for two and a half years they have not done anything else. the somali community wants to be heard and i thank you, mr. king, congressman king, and other members of the committee for getting me here, for panelists like him, and like me. my community wants to be heard. i would ask you to look and open investigations as to what is happening in my community. we are isolated by islamic organizations and leaders who support them. talk to the common chain, muhammad industry of close to 100,000 members of my community. i want to tell you, 85% of our vulnerable youth do not have viable employment. they are not engaged in constructive programs. and if we stand and speak up for them, we are labeled and hurt instead of being supported. we need your support, we need a voice to speak up. we have been hurt and we are not going away. >> thank you. >> what i want to say last -- >> i ask the audience to refrain from any re

and that is mr. bihi? >> the record will acknowledge mr. bihi is raising his hand. >> thank you very much. the reason i ask that question is because muslims are here cooperating. they are doing what this hearing has suggested that they do not do. it is an irony an outrage that we are wasting time when muslims are sitting before us, a muslim is on this panel, a muslim has testified, and so i question where are the uncooperative muslims? let me quickly put in the record another aspect of mr. magdanoa's statement that our chairmans with so eager to quote and suggested he whisper to him to have this hearing. millions of americans find community, comfort and support in their faith that includes president obama, who is a christian. so today reminds us that being religious is never un-american. being religious is quintessentially american. god bless america. then i would simply suggest another comment here saying president obama recognized through our words and deeds we can either play into al qaeda narrative and messaging or we can challenge it an

bledsoe and mr. bihi for sharing your stories of your sons as a father of sons myself my heart goes out to you. i'm not aware of anyone on this si of the political spectrum attacking islam nor anyone wishing to limit anyone's first amendment rights but i believe we are raing awareness of islamism, political ideology, and how that is being used in this country. i am regularly astonished and outraged, outraged by this administration's continued failure to single out who our enemy is. mr. bledsoe said in his testimony that there is a big elephant in the room but our society continues not to see it and you say that this wrong is caused by political correctness and even political fear. i've got a slide on the board and i know it's going to be hard to read but if you'll look at the 9/11 commission and the number of times enemy jihad muslim brotherhood, al qae, hezbollah, hamas are mentioned. then if you look at the fbi counterterrorism lexicon and the national intelligence strategy you see zeros beside the fact

and that is mr. bihi? >> the rord will acknowledge mr. bihi is raising his hand. >> thank you very much. the reason i ask that question is because muslims are here cooperating. they are doing what this hearing has suggested that they do not do. it is an irony an outrage that we are wasting time when muslims are sitting before us, a muslim is on this panel, a muslim has testified, and so i question where are the uncooperative muslims? let me quickly put in the record another aspect of mr. magdanoa's statement that our chairmans with so eager to ote and suggested he whisper to him to have this hearing. millions of americans find communit comfort and support in their faith that includes president obama, who is a christian. so today reminds us that being religious is never un-american. being religious is quintessentially american. god bless america. then i would simply suggest another comment here saying president obama recognized through our words and deeds we can either play into al qaeda narrative and messaging or we can challenge it and th

mr. bihi i think there are a number of families that are suffering your same pain and i pray for you and for them also. but we could have had a title of a hearing that simply said what is driving passive and activist americans to being militant and extremists? that covers the broad rainbow and spectrum of what's going on in this country without singling out a particular group. here's some very pointed questions. especially mr. bledsoe and mr. bihi first. do you agree that part of the propaganda they use to reskrut that america, the narrative, as 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 gr

bledsoe and mr. bihi have talked about. and i think it's absolutely critical that we as a nation focus on exactly what i was taught in the united states marine corps, know your enemy. >> warner: for his part, los angeles county sheriff leroy baca told the committee that from what he sees, muslim americans are concerned and willing to cooperate with law enforcement. >> the truth is that muslims are just as independent, just as feisty, just as concerned about safety. they certainly don't want their mes or their mosques blown up. and thereby, as individuals, they have been doing things with local law enforcement without the cover-- so to speak-- of an organization. >> warner: the hearing adjourned after four hours, but chairman king has aid he plans to hold additional sessions in the future. for two different perspectives from congressmen involved in today's hearing, we're joined by republican michael mccaul of texas. he's a member of the homeland security committee. and minnesota democrat keith ellison, the first muslim elect