Giuliani Tackles Racial Profiling On NBC: Can’t ‘Ignore’ Threat From ‘Distorted Islamic Extremist Ideology’

In the wake of the Boston bombing, the issue of homeland security is once again at the forefront.Meet the Press, too, discussed the issue of security as David Gregory invited his panel to discuss the current approach, the specific case of the Boston bombing, and whether profiling the Muslim community would be an effective tactic. “We have…

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Muslim Cabdriver, an Army Reservist and Iraqi veteran, assaulted for being Muslim

An Army reservist and Iraq veteran who works as a cabdriver says a passenger he picked up early Friday at a Northern Virginia country club accused him of being a terrorist because he is Muslim, then fractured his jaw in an attack being described by Islamic activists as a hate crime. Mohamed A. Salim says…

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Katherine Russell: Boston bombing suspect widow’s enigmatic life journey

Boston — Street Address A: A big tan house in North Kingstown, Rhode Island; the corner lot of a woody cul de sac near a bike path populated by joggers in Lululemon. Quiet and country charming, a well-landscaped American achievement. This is the house where Katherine Russell grew up, with her parents and two sisters….

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Where do we put Tamerlan Tsarnaev?

Worcester is some 40 miles from Boston, but it was no means unaffected by the Marathon bombing.  Worcester shares a close connection with Boston as many in the Worcester area work in Boston and we all know the city well.  The Boston Marathon bombing was not simply a local tragedy; it was a crime committed…

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Bomb suspect’s uncle, in Mass., says he knows ‘no one wants to associate … with such evil’

WORCESTER, Mass. — The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a gun battle with police arrived at a funeral home Sunday to make arrangements for his burial. Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Md., and three other men met with Worcester funeral home director Peter Stefan. The men who accompanied Tsarni plan to…

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