Boston Marathon bomber’s lawyers to argue for new trial

Boston Marathon bomber’s lawyers to argue for new trial

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are heading to court to urge a judge to grant him a new trial.

Judge George O'Toole Jr. is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in U.S. District Court, but only on the portion of Tsarnaev's motion related to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued after Tsarnaev's trial.

Don’t let youth fall prey to Islamic extremism, French Muslim leaders say
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Don’t let youth fall prey to Islamic extremism, French Muslim leaders say

Catholic News Agency

Paris (CNA/EWTN News) — France's leading Muslim organization has called on Muslims to counter radical forms of Islam, especially in the wake of the Islamic State group's attacks on Paris.

The French Council for the Muslim Faith encouraged education of young people to "combat the ideas of hatred within our religion" so they don't turn into "terrorist bombs that want to destroy the values of the Western countries but in reality are destroying Islam's image and the future of Islam in France and Europe."

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