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Clerics & Preachers
Prevent review: Imam criticised in anti-terror report denies claims
(BBC) A religious chief criticised in a damning review of the UK’s scheme to prevent terrorism has hit back after being singled out in the report. The report commissioned by the Home Office suggests the Prevent strategy, which aims to identify potential […]
Children & Teens
French senate votes to ban the hijab for Muslim women under the age of 18
(Vogue) Less than a month after voters in Switzerland supported a ban on the burqa and niqab, its neighboring nation, France, has taken a more severe stance against “religious” clothing and symbols with its move to outlaw the hijab on women under […]
Health & Medicine
Tampa terrorism case raises questions of surveillance, searches, mental illness Muhammed Al-Azhari is accused of plotting a mass shooting in the name of ISIS. His lawyers have challenged the FBI’s investigative tactics.
(Tampa Bay Times) A year ago, federal prosecutors accused a Tampa man of plotting a mass shooting in support of the ISIS terrorist group. FBI agents in a criminal complaint described Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari’s collection of a bulletproof vest, an Uzi submachine […]