Campaign Rhetoric on Muslims Harms U.S. Security Efforts: Homeland Security Chief

WASHINGTON — Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked about comments by Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Johnson told MSNBC in an interview that singling out a specific community hampers government efforts to…

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Religious scholar Reza Aslan ponders Donald Trump, the power of pop culture and faith in America

Muslim religious scholar Reza Aslan is Internet famous for keeping his cool. The Iranian American author of the 2013 bestseller “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” once confronted a relentless Fox News anchor with such unflappable poise, it made him a viral sensation. At his Mt. Washington Home, the 43-year-old sat for…

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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tells Arab world: U.S. hasn’t changed despite Trump

Residents of the Middle East should not be too alarmed at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters in Cairo on Sunday. “The Congress is going to be around no matter who is the president,” Graham, who is leading a Republican congressional delegation touring the Middle East, told reporters…

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The German response to Brussels: challenging the consensus on data protection

Date: 04 April 2016 In response to the events of Brussels, German authorities have been investigating potential linkages between the attackers of Brussels and Germany. Since the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, sole survivor of the Paris attackers with close links to the assailants of Brussels, security services have confirmed that Abdeslam had been in the…

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The German response to Brussels: challenging the consensus on data protection

04 April 2016 In response to the events of Brussels, German authorities have been investigating potential linkages between the attackers of Brussels and Germany. Since the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, sole survivor of the Paris attackers with close links to the assailants of Brussels, security services have confirmed that Abdeslam had been in the southern…

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