Many Muslim-American organizations are worried that congressional hearings under way in Washington could stereotype their community as a source of Islamic radicalism in the United States. One of those organizations, the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, is holding what it calls a "Muslim Action Day" in the mid-western state of Illinois to demonstrate that such stereotyping is wrong and that Muslim citizens are as American as anyone else. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh attended the gathering in the Illinois state capital, Springfield.