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Sep 16
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Israel’s Link to U.S. Anti-Terror Policy...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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U.S. anti-terror laws date back to the 1960s. Why were they created? And who do they really protect—American citizens or Israeli interests? Imam Tom Facchine unpacks the biases in U.S. anti-terror policy and how the definition of terrorism is manipulated and weaponized against Muslims globally. 
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