Rodney Frelinghuysen Quotes
We need to keep an eye on influences from the Middle East or, let's say, indigenous groups, that might be involved in terrorism.
He was out of office when he made this statement.
While that tended to be so at that time, it has not always been so. For example, the civil war in Sri Lanka where suicide bombing vests were developed pitted Sinhalese Buddhists against Tamil Hindus. The 10 percent Muslim population were the only ones who were peaceful. And the PKK in Turkey—although a Muslim terrorist movement operated in a very strong and modern state.
On Western countries in 1994: Ben Ali was pointing out the laissez faire attitude towards Islamic exiles in London, Frankfurt and Paris.
Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen /ˈfreɪlɪŋˌhaɪsən/ is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1995 to 2019. The district includes most of Morris County, an affluent suburban county west of New York City. It also includes some of the wealthier areas near Newark and Paterson, and is the 10th richest congressional district in the nation in terms of median income. A member of the Republican Party, Frelinghuysen served as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee from 2017 to 2019. Frelinghuysen announced on January 29, 2018, that he would not seek re-election that year.
