The Christian Science Monitor: Widow of Orlando nightclub shooter charged: What does it mean to aid and abet a terrorist?
Salman’s prosecution could highlight, however, a crease in the legal landscape – one which some say punishes Muslims more harshly than others, as Naomi Braine, an associate professor of sociology at Brooklyn College, explained in an article for Political Research Associates “The Public Eye” magazine in 2015. The material support statute applies to “designated terrorist organizations,” none of which are US-based.