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Feds cite rare justification: local Syrian man should be deported for ties to Muslim Brotherhood

May 5, 2005 by Todd Bensman

The U.S. government's tactic in Dallas set a precedent because federal authorities have never formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. And so, while membership and support is not illegal, the government's willingness to cite the Muslim Brotherhood could be politically meaningful more than a decade later. In a rare public assertion, the U.S. government is … [Read more...] about Feds cite rare justification: local Syrian man should be deported for ties to Muslim Brotherhood

Filed Under: Terrorism Coverage

British Islamic extremism propaganda sites linked to Texas brothers going through terror trial

February 7, 2005 by Todd Bensman

A 2005 reporting trip to Birmingham, England (long before the township was noted for Islamic extremism) showed that a radical Islamist web magazine published there was hosted by a North Texas Internet company owned by three Palestinian brothers on trial in Dallas. A story at odds with defense claims that the brothers were never sympathetic to Islamic extremism BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - A radical … [Read more...] about British Islamic extremism propaganda sites linked to Texas brothers going through terror trial

Filed Under: Terrorism Coverage

Hamas’ Rock Star

January 13, 2005 by Todd Bensman

Mufid Abdulqader was a popular civil engineer for the city of Dallas, personable and well-liked. But he led a secret life. He sang in a band that raised money for terrorism crooning for the deaths of Jews, and that was just for starters. … [Read more...] about Hamas’ Rock Star

Filed Under: Terrorism Coverage

Wives of Holy Land Foundation terrorists to be deported

January 1, 2005 by Todd Bensman

In the absence of media coverage and in the quiet of virtually empty Dallas immigration courtrooms, a government effort was underway to remove more Holy Land Foundation supporters from the country After years of counter-terror investigations, indictments and, this year, winning convictions at trial, the U.S. government in North Texas is not finished with the Elashi family. The government … [Read more...] about Wives of Holy Land Foundation terrorists to be deported

Filed Under: Terrorism Coverage

Texas Muslims host Ayatollah Khomeini tribute attended by “mainstream” Muslim leaders

December 17, 2004 by Todd Bensman

In 2004, a North Texas Muslim organization staged a fateful "tribute" conference honoring the life and works of the "Great Islamic Visionary" Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. One of the scheduled speakers, Mohamad Elibiari, became a prominent national security adviser who occupied the spotlight as a Muslim civil rights "spokesman" until journalist Patrick Poole saw this story and began reporting on … [Read more...] about Texas Muslims host Ayatollah Khomeini tribute attended by “mainstream” Muslim leaders

Filed Under: Terrorism Coverage

Texas Internet hosting companies profit from outlawed terrorist groups

November 14, 2004 by Todd Bensman

Long before ISIS became infamous for its Internet exploitation, back in the mid 2000s, al-Qaeda in Iraq was caught using Texas server companies to incite and recruit. So was Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian leaders. This series explores the confounding legal issues that arise when American Internet companies are caught profiting from outlawed terrorist groups. Nov 14, 2004CBS-11 CARBONDALE, … [Read more...] about Texas Internet hosting companies profit from outlawed terrorist groups

Filed Under: Terrorism Coverage

SABBATH CANDLES GLOW AGAIN FOR JEWS IN SHANGHAI

December 29, 2001 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman, The Dallas Morning News, December 29, 2001 SHANGHAI, China -- Just before sundown one Friday, an ancient religious rite unfolded that had all but vanished from China five decades ago. About two dozen Jews and their bearded rabbi gathered in a plain conference room of a gleaming high-rise hotel, chatting amiably and waiting for the sun to drop the last little bit. Soon, the … [Read more...] about SABBATH CANDLES GLOW AGAIN FOR JEWS IN SHANGHAI

Filed Under: Foreign Correspondence

Forgotten Victims: African Tribe Wants Apology

June 2, 1998 by Todd Bensman

From 1904 to 1915, the Kaiser's troops in Germany's then- Southwest Africa colony systematically exterminated as many as 80,000 members of the rebellious Herero Tribe. It was a scarcely known slaughter of Teutonic efficiency that produced forced labor camps, sex slaves and the first academic "studies" of supposed Aryan superiority, a prelude to the Jewish holocaust. Now the tribal remnant in north … [Read more...] about Forgotten Victims: African Tribe Wants Apology

Filed Under: Out of Africa

Proposed Dam Threatens To Wash Out African Subsistence Tribe’s Way of Life

January 1, 1998 by Todd Bensman

Economics is a modern term inconceivable to a people who still wear animal skins, till small plots of maize, grind millet daily, cook over open fires, and weave baskets. A proposed government dam project at the ancestral center of Himba life, Epupa Falls on the Cunane River threatens a place early explorers once called "The Land of the Red Women" Update: Nearly 18 years after this article was … [Read more...] about Proposed Dam Threatens To Wash Out African Subsistence Tribe’s Way of Life

Filed Under: Out of Africa

Thousands Sold into Servitude in Lesotho as ‘Herder Boys’

January 1, 1998 by Todd Bensman

An estimated 60,000 "herder boys" are trapped in an insidious form of indentured servitude virtually unnoticed by the outside world. Boys as young as 6 are forced to roam alone with their masters' cattle for months through the bleak highlands of this African kingdom. Their impoverished families hire away their boyhoods to wealthy cattle owners for food, a cash pittance or debt forgiveness. On … [Read more...] about Thousands Sold into Servitude in Lesotho as ‘Herder Boys’

Filed Under: Out of Africa

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