US law criminalizes even giving blankets to a hospital affiliated with a terrorist-listed group

Evidence

Charity is one of the five pillars of Islam, a religious obligation for all Muslims, yet after 9/11 the Bush administration shut down virtually all Muslim charitable organizations operating in the United States and froze their assets, allegedly to prevent the flow of money to “terrorists.” In doing so, it equated this fundamental aspect of the Islamic faith with aiding the “enemies” of the United States. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 465 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Where fundamental rights protect conduct, the laws of many states that make such conduct illegal are unconstitutional. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1403 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Charity aid to needy Palestinians was prosecuted as material support for terrorism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 579; Material-support law criminalizes religious charity implicated in Palestinian solidarity — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 590; Charity to FTO-linked hospitals is criminalized as material support. (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-terror material support laws criminalize religious charity and political solidarity #corroborates (0.95)
• The Bush administration criminalized a mandatory Islamic religious practice by shutting down Muslim charities #qualifies (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 465
• Laws criminalizing conduct shielded by fundamental rights are unconstitutional #complicates (0.90) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1403