Authorities: NYC man threatened Muslim advocate

June 16, 2014 NEW YORK — A New York City man was charged Monday with sending emails threatening to kill a leader of a Muslim civil rights group.  The man, Bernhard Laufer, had been expected to appear later Monday in federal court in Brooklyn but instead was taken to the hospital for undisclosed reasons. There…

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Washington: Arrested Man Is Accused of Seeking to Join Militants in Syria

March 18, 2014   A California man who prosecutors said was on his way to Syria to join a Qaeda group was arrested on Monday near the Canadian border in Blaine, Wash., on a terrorism charge, federal officials said. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the man, Nicholas Teausant, 20, an American-born…

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Jury Selection Begins at Trial of Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law

March 4, 2014   In the days and weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, a Kuwaiti-born cleric, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, became a familiar figure in propaganda videos for Al Qaeda, appearing in some with Osama bin Laden, and other times alone, issuing blistering threats against the United States. “The storms shall not stop, especially the airplanes storm,”…

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Supreme Court Agrees to Weigh Arkansas Inmate’s Right to Grow a Beard

February 28, 2014   WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether prison officials in Arkansas may prohibit inmates from growing beards in accordance with their religious beliefs. The policy was challenged by Gregory H. Holt, who is serving a life sentence for burglary and domestic battery. Mr. Holt said his Muslim…

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Mayor Says New York City Will Settle Suits on Stop-and-Frisk Tactics

January 30, 2014   The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed an agreement proposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for the city to reach a settlement in its legal battle over the controversial NYPD “stop-and-frisk” policy. That policy involved stopping, questioning and frisking people in primarily…

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