King defends IRA support as terror hearings begin

REPUBLICAN congressman Peter King, whose controversial hearings into radical Islam begin today, has said Muslims shouldn’t feel threatened or intimidated by his inquiry.

The House of Representatives probe, which today starts to investigate radicalisation in the American-Muslim community, has been accused of being a witch hunt akin to the 1950s anti-Communist campaign.

However, with al-Qaida and its affiliates openly trying to recruit Americans and Muslims inside the US for attacks, King has called congressional hearings “absolutely essential”.