Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Goldman reports the US government actions and provides some historical context and responses to the actions.
When the US-installed right wing Shaw ran US financial operations, no objection was raised. Now, without any publicly validated evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons, the US seems to be punishing a regime that does not take orders from the US.
It is rare for U.S. law-enforcement authorities to seize a house of worship, a step fraught with questions about the First Amendment right to freedom of religion. More »
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