The issue focused on whether the "love jihad" campaign waged by leaders of the Iran-based Muslim Brotherhood, which advocates strict implementation of Sharia law in the United States and around the world, is consistent with the organization's advocacy for political and economic change.


The judge noted that when the appeal filed on behalf of the plaintiffs in the case was filed last year, the lawyer, Daniel Boutrous-Skinner, made statements that were at odds with the narrative of the federal government that was then currently being