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He was locked up for supporting Islamist terrorism before turning his life around Ashley Powers, The Washington Post Feb. 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 2of6Mohammed Khalid's Koran.Photo for The Washington Post by Andre ChungShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6Mohammed Khalid is pictured in Ellicott City, Md., near where he grew up.Photo for The Washington Post by Andre ChungShow MoreShow Less 5of6Mohammed Khalid.Photo for The Washington Post by Andre ChungShow MoreShow Less 6of6 "Terrorist." That's what the boys whispered after he stood up and introduced himself to his ninth-grade class. "Terrorist."...

Mohammed Khalid was one of the youngest people charged with terrorism in U.S. history. His story tells us a lot about what we’re getting wrong.

By Michael S. Miller and Eric S. Goldstein | January 21, 2021 Confronted with the challenges of our lifetime, we owe Chuck Schumer our gratitude. It was a year ago. The Jewish community had barely passed the commemoration of the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre, and suddenly we were again reeling after brazen and deadly anti-Semitic attacks in Poway, California; Monsey; and Jersey City. Further inflaming fear and sowing hate were a series of violent anti-Semitic attacks against Orthodox Jews across the New York region. Against this backdrop, on Dec. 30, 2019, U.S....

Analysis Police fire tear gas at supporters of President Trump as they attempt to storm Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis. More than a week after the Jan. 6 storming of Capitol Hill by a mob determined to prevent the certification of US President-elect Joe Biden, law enforcement agencies remain in a heightened state of alert for potentially deadly confrontations involving extremist supporters of President Donald Trump as Biden’s inauguration approaches next Wednesday. Among US Jewish groups and organizations, there is a natural sense of disquiet over what the coming w...

Posted December 30th, 2020 for Anti-Defamation League New York, December 30, 2020 … In response to various threats to the local Jewish community in recent years, including a series of violent attacks affecting Jewish communities of Jersey City, Monsey and Brooklyn last year, ADL’s Center on Extremism and the Community Security Initiative (CSI) today announced a partnership to focus on the security needs of the Jewish communities of greater New York City. The Center on Extremism is the ADL’s research and investigative arm that monitors, exposes and disrup...