1.0City of Brasshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrassAziz Poonawallahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/author/apoonawallaprofiling "Jihad Jane" - City of Brassrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MoljVgTDsF"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2010/03/profiling-jihad-jane.html">profiling “Jihad Jane”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2010/03/profiling-jihad-jane.html/embed#?secret=MoljVgTDsF" width="600" height="338" title="“profiling “Jihad Jane”” — City of Brass" data-secret="MoljVgTDsF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Here in a nutshell is why ethnic profiling is so fundamentally flawed as a means of protecting against terrorism: A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send…