UN pick Heather Nauert hosted panel on Sharia law conspiracies in 2009 Fox News webcast

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UN pick Heather Nauert hosted panel on Sharia law conspiracies in 2009 Fox News webcast

By Andrew Kaczynski and Paul LeBlanc, CNN

From TV host to UN Ambassador Pick

(CNN)President Donald Trump's pick to be United Nations ambassador once hosted a panel on unfounded conspiracy theories that Islamic fundamentalists are secretly trying to destroy America by changing the country's institutions and culture and imposing Sharia law.

Heather Nauert, a former host for "Fox and Friends" and the current spokeswoman for the State Department, pushed the theory in a 2009 Fox News hourlong special webcast titled "Terror from Within" that is still available on the network's website. Nauert fielded input from anti-Muslim activists Frank Gaffney and Robert Spencer, as well as Canadian journalist Tarek Fatah, who is a prominent Muslim critic of aspects of Islam.

Nauert's role in the program could complicate what is already expected to be a contentious confirmation process to become the US ambassador to the UN, a post Trump nominated her to in December. Nauert has already faced criticism for a 2013 appearance on "Fox and Friends" in which she said that "Sharia law is now changing everything" while covering a story on a YMCA private swim class for Muslim girls that accommodated their religious requirements.

After Trump tapped Nauert to replace Nikki Haley as America's ambassador to the United Nations, many raised concerns about her lack of policy experience. Some in diplomatic circles wonder how she'll handle delicate negotiations, questions that are compounded by her past statements on issues of global concern.

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