Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim American Community and the Threat to the Homeland

Good morning. Today, we hold the third in a series of hearings on radicalization in the Muslim-American community.

Our focus is the result of a lengthy investigation the Committee has conducted into the threat the U.S. homeland faces from al-Shabaab, the Somalia affiliate of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda and Anwar al-Aulaqi’s al- Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim American Community and the Threat to the Homeland