Author: Kevin Duewel

Surviving a free speech challenge from humanitarian aid groups, federal law banning even advice on entirely legal and peaceful activities as “material aid” to terrorist organizations is upheld: Supreme Court Affirms Ban on Aiding Groups Tied to Terror (New York Times) Palestinian victims of eminent domain would be permitted to build homes elsewhere in the…

The intolerance of groups such as “Stop the Islamization of America” only leads to more intolerance and extremism. “This of course is exactly what the jihadists want”: The Danger of Demonizing Adherents of Islam (New York Times) Despite threats against viewers of the World Cup by radical militia group al Shabaab, Somali soccer fans remain…

Accusing the institution of being the “artery that feeds the Satanic alliance with life via oil money”, an Al-Qaida-linked extremist group attacks the Iraqi central bank, and further destabilizes Iraq’s road to economic growth: Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims Deadly Central Bank Attack (Washington Post) “‘I’m cool with all their fighting terrorism and all that … more…

With “no evidence that [he] has any connection to Al Qaeda,” a Yemeni university student has been detained eight years at Guantanamo for being at the wrong place at the wrong time: Meet One Gitmo Inmate Who Can’t Be Described As ‘The Worst of the Worst” (Washington Post) A Muslim writer suggests those “concerned for Muslim…

Seemingly ready to dump common law and individual rights along with International Law and Shariah, Republican State Rep. Rex Duncan argues, “Court decisions ought to be based on federal law, or state law” alone: Islamic Sharia Law to Be Banned in, ah, Oklahoma (ABC News) A description of the state of life in the Gaza…

“While it could take many years to develop a mining industry, the potential is so great that officials and executives in the industry believe it could attract heavy investment even before mines are profitable ….”: U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan (NY Times) “Too many people in America draw assumptions about Muslims after…