State Department Report on American Muslims
April 8, 2014 The U.S. Department of State has released the 2014 edition of the publication on American Muslims. The pdf of the report can be found by clicking here.
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US: American fighters in Syria a security risk
November 30, 2013 Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria, raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaida-linked militant groups and return to the U.S. as battle-hardened security risks. The State Department says it has no estimates of how many Americans have taken up weapons to fight military
The State Department’s Arabic outreach team spoofed an al-Qaeda video
In the war for Middle Eastern hearts and minds, the U.S. Digital Outreach Team is on the virtual front lines: debating America’s critics on Twitter, commenting on Arabic message boards and generally engaging with anyone they can reach. But that outreach appears to have crossed a new line: spoofing al-Qaeda propaganda videos on an official State
Support of any kind for a group on the State Department’s list is now grounds for a trial on charges of terrorism
A four-month hunger strike, mass force-feedings, and widespread media coverage have at last brought Guantanamo, the notorious offshore prison set up by the Bush administration early in 2002, back into American consciousness. Prominent voices are finally calling on President Obama to close it down and send home scores of prisoners who, years ago, were cleared
Ore. Muslim sues FBI, claims torture
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An American Muslim who says he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months has sued the FBI and State Department, claiming the torture was done at their behest. The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Oregon seeks $30