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North Carolina Man Charged with Supporting the Islamic State

Just a few days after news broke of a Washington, D.C. transit police officer’s arrest for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, the Justice Department announced filing similar charges against 35-year-old Erick Jamal Hendricks of North Carolina.

This undated photo provided by the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office in Charlotte, N.C.,

Chinese State Media Frets: ‘Religion Has Come Back in a Big Way’

A column in the Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times quotes political experts warning that “religious extremism” — defined as any religious observance from Islam to Christianity to the Falun Gong group — has become a dire threat to Chinese Communism, and regulation of the internet is key to stopping it.

Muslim pray before the Shaykhs tombs, relics from the 13th century, after Eid al-Fitr pray