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Muslim tells Senate: No problem with ‘radical Islam’

By Mariana Barillas

Published June 21, 2016 7:15pm ET

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Muslim tells Senate: No problem with ‘radical Islam’ — Elgawhary said he does not believe the term should be understood as applying to all adherents of Islam. (Iraq Counterterrorism Service via AP) | AP

A Muslim witness said at a Senate hearing Tuesday that he has “no problem” calling the Islamic State a radical Islamic terrorist organization, even though the Obama administration has made a point of avoiding that term.

“There’s nothing wrong with labels,” Tarek Elgawhary, Ph.D., whose specialities include comparative religions and Islamic law, testified Tuesday at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing focusing on the ideology of the Islamic State.

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