(San Antonio Express-News) A local businessman accused of conspiring to fund terrorist activities in Syria is on trial this week in San Antonio federal court. Prosecutors allege Imad Eddin Wadi, 64, was looking to funnel money from an export business to the al-Nusra Front, a […]
(Montreal Gazette) Six Muslim groups are asking a Quebec court to declare unconstitutional a new provincial edict that bans religious activity in public schools. In a lawsuit filed this week, the groups asked Quebec Superior Court to “declare constitutionally invalid, inapplicable, inoperative […]
(WLS) A former West Rogers Park travel agent could face the death penalty for his alleged role in what’s become known as the Mumbai massacre. Tahawwur Rana was cleared for extradition Wednesday and he’s also looking at execution if convicted of terrorism […]
(NY Post) West Side Highway terrorist Sayfullo Saipov received over eight life sentences Wednesday — after going on an unrepentant hour-long rant insinuating his victims’ tears pale in comparison to the blood and tears of the Muslim people. After victims spoke for […]
(AFP) Tariq Ramadan’s lawyers pleaded Wednesday for the controversial Islamic scholar to be acquitted, on the third and final day of his trial in Geneva on charges of rape and sexual coercion. Prosecutors are seeking a three-year sentence for the former Oxford […]
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