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Legal
Algerian to face trial in Switzerland for ties to Islamic State
(Swiss Info) A 51-year-old Algerian man has been charged by the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office for involvement in the banned terrorist group Islamic State. He is suspected of having planned an attack in Europe, particularly in France. The Algerian national came to […]
Government & Politics
Biden nominates first US Muslim woman to federal court bench Muslim group hails ‘historic nomination’ of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, a Bangladeshi-American civil rights lawyer.
(Al-Jazeera) US President Joe Biden has nominated the first Muslim-American woman to be a judge on a federal court in the United States, the White House said on Wednesday, as it announced a list of diverse judicial nominees. If confirmed by the […]
Government & Politics
Lawmakers criticize Associated Press for declining to classify Hamas as a terrorist group Guidance from the news service’s influential style guide urges against utilizing the terms ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’ to describe Hamas and its Oct. 7 attack on Israel
(Jewish Insider) A bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent a letter on Friday criticizing the Associated Press and its style guide for guidance that advises against using the terms “terrorist” and “terrorism” to describe Hamas and its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. […]