On Tuesday in Westbury, a coalition of civil rights, religious and interfaith groups, will protest U.S. Rep. Peter T. King’s upcoming congressional “radicalization” hearing targeting the American Muslim community by hosting a counter-hearing on religious freedom. The coalition, Long Island Neighbors for American Values recently formed to promote diversity and tolerance and to counter attempts to […]
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