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Amira Elghawaby: Putting ‘radicalization’ in context
January 8, 2013 – 1:56 pm | No Comment

Amira Elghawaby, Special to National Post | Jan 8, 2013 12:01 AM ET | Last Updated:Jan 7, 2013 5:51 PM ET
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THE CANADIAN PRESS / Adrian WyldCSIS head Richard Fadden waits to testify …

National Security: United States v. Naseer (EDNY) (extradition)
January 4, 2013 – 11:21 am | No Comment

DOJ Press Release
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Abid Naseer, 26, a Manchester, England, resident, was extradited from the United Kingdom (U.K.) to Brooklyn, N.Y., today to face charges for his alleged role in an international al-Qaeda plot …

Kansas Sues Sperm Donor for Support, Says Written Waiver of Parental Rights Is Not Valid
January 4, 2013 – 11:17 am | No Comment

American Bar Association Journal

Posted Jan 2, 2013 12:02 PM CST
By Martha Neil

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The state of Kansas is suing a sperm donor for parental support of his child, contending that the written agreement he made with a lesbian …

Law Prof Who Urged Abandoning the Constitution Gets Abusive and Threatening Emails
January 4, 2013 – 11:16 am | No Comment

American Bar Association Journal
Posted Jan 3, 2013 7:10 AM CST

By Debra Cassens Weiss

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The op-ed by Georgetown law professor Louis Michael Seidman was provocative and, apparently, anger-inducing.
Writing in the Sunday New York Times, Seidman said it was time …

Women To Be Banned From Straddling Motorbikes Under Sharia Law In Indonesian City Of Lhokseumawe
January 3, 2013 – 7:34 pm | One Comment

Huffington Post UK |  By Sara C Nelson Posted: 03/01/2013 12:03 GMT  |  Updated: 03/01/2013 12:12 GMT

An Indonesian city which follows Sharia Law is to ban women from straddling motorbikes, with the mayor branding the position “improper”.
Suaidi Yahya, mayor of …

Twitter Subpoenas Chill Free Speech; Latest Example is in San Francisco
January 3, 2013 – 7:32 pm | No Comment

01/02/2013

Twitter Subpoenas Chill Free Speech; Latest Example is in San Francisco
By Linda Lye, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California at 4:52pm

In a disturbing trend that can have a chilling effect on free speech, law enforcement agencies …

Secrecy of Memo on Drone Killing Is Upheld
January 3, 2013 – 7:30 pm | No Comment

New York Times
By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: January 2, 2013
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Manhattan refused on Wednesday to require the Justice Department to disclose a memorandum providing the legal justification for the targeted killing of a United …

White House wins fight to keep drone killings of Americans secret
January 3, 2013 – 3:42 pm | No Comment

A federal judge issued a 75-page ruling on Wednesday that declares that the US Justice Department does not have a legal obligation to explain the rationale behind killing Americans with targeted drone strikes.
United States District …

‘Halal’ interfaith unions rise among UK women
January 2, 2013 – 8:00 pm | No Comment

Some religious leaders are coming to terms with rising numbers of Muslim-Christian couples in the UK

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Rudabah Abbass Last Modified: 31 Dec 2012 13:00

Islam is the United Kingdom’s fastest-growing religion, and the country’s Muslim population has nearly …

Judge’s take on Muslim marriage laws gets mixed reactions
January 2, 2013 – 7:53 pm | No Comment

The Times of India
TNN | Jan 3, 2013, 02.31 AM IST

HYDERABAD: The observations of New Delhi additional sessions judge Kamini Lau that Islam does not encourage polygamy has evoked mixed reactions from scholars of Islam and activists of the …

Who Are You Calling a Jihadist?
January 1, 2013 – 12:54 pm | No Comment

Sumbul Ali-Karamali
Author of “The Muslim Next Door: the Qur’an, the Media, and that Veil Thing” and “Growing Up Muslim: Understanding the Beliefs and Practices of Islam”

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My Jihad is Autism, Faith and Everything In Between. What’s Yours?
January 1, 2013 – 12:51 pm | No Comment

December 26, 2012 By Dilshad Ali Leave a Comment

What’s your jihad?
Mine is autism awareness and living with autism.
My jihad is my son, Lil D, and helping him (and our family) overcome challenges brought on by his autism, helping …

My Father-in-law’s Political Islam Problem, and My Own
January 1, 2013 – 12:35 pm | No Comment

David Mednicoff
Director, Middle Eastern Studies, UMass-Amherst

Posted: 12/31/2012 5:23 pm

Middle East , Egypt , Family , Islam , Politics , Islam , Islamic Radicalism , Mohamed Morsi, World News , World News

My father-in-law is one of the smartest people I know. An Indian who left …

Senate renews authority allowing anti-terrorism surveillance
January 1, 2013 – 12:23 pm | One Comment

BY STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Posted: Dec. 31, 2012 | 1:59 a.m.

WASHINGTON – The Senate last week voted to renew the government’s authority to conduct electronic surveillance of terrorism suspects abroad without getting individual court orders.
The 73-23 …