MUSLIM CHARITY WINS RIGHT TO SUE ON SEARCH

From: The Boston Globe | Date: August 9, 2002| Author: AP | Copyright information

An organization that says it is the largest US-based Muslim-based charity can legally challenge the government's search of its property but not the freezing of its assets, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The Holy Land Foundation, accused of funding the militant Islamic group Hamas, sued the Bush...

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