DC Circuit Upholds Terrorist Designation Of Jewish Website

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld the Secretary of State's decision to designate Kahane Chai as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and to designate its website, Kahane.org, as an alias of the organization. In Kahane Chai v. Department of State, (DC Cir., Oct. 17, 2006), among other things, the court rejected claims by Kahane.org that the government had discriminated against it on religious grounds because websites of other Foreign Terrorist Organizations were not targeted. Jurist yesterday reported on the decision.