Until Muslims in America stop refusing to cooperate with law enforcement they have nothing to complain about.

Dearborn — Local Arab-Americans on Sunday said a planned hearing by the head of the House Homeland Security Committee to discuss the radicalization of Muslims will only perpetuate stereotypes and demonize them.

Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations — Michigan, said the hearing “smacks of McCarthyism.”

“We don’t have a fundamental issue with a hearing discussing radicalization or domestic terrorism, but it should be approached in a holistic manner, and not just focus on one group,” said Walid, who was in Washington, D.C., Sunday to coordinate efforts to speak out against the hearing. “The vast majority of domestic terrorism in America is perpetrated by people who aren’t Arab or of the Islamic faith.”

Imad Hamad, head of the Dearborn-based American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said King is sending the wrong message.

“This brings back the shadow of suspicion and furthers the stereotype that Arab-Americans and Muslims are terrorists,” Hamad said. “This kind of dialogue does nothing but divide us — and the worst part is, this is our government. It isn’t a private person saying these things. It’s the head of Homeland Security.”