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Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, says his group, General Presidency of the Religious Affairs and Welfare of the Ummah, is trying to enforce what he calls 'the civil part of the sharia law' in the area. Muslim leaders in Minneapolis are wary of Rashid, who has been patrolling a predominantly Somali neighborhood to enforce the Islamic civil code. (Faiza Mahamud/Star Tribune via AP)
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Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, says his group, General Presidency of the Religious Affairs and Welfare of the Ummah, is trying to enforce what he calls 'the civil part of the sharia law' in the area. Muslim leaders in Minneapolis are wary of Rashid, who has been patrolling a predominantly Somali neighborhood to enforce the Islamic civil code. (Faiza Mahamud/Star Tribune via AP)
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A woman uses binoculars to watch from the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Experts say if North Korea were to attack South Korea, it would likely target Seoul's defenses with chemical and biological weapons dropped from aircraft or delivered via missiles, artillery and grenades. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux displays 1946th Cannes festival books during a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, Thursday, April 13, 2017. A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure attend a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, Thursday, April 13, 2017. A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure attend a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, Thursday, April 13, 2017. A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure attend a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, Thursday, April 13, 2017. A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure pose during a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, Thursday, April 13, 2017. A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure attend a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, Thursday, April 13, 2017. A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist sentiment. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference in the West Bank City of Bethlehem on Oct. 1, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, at the the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, at the the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)
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In this March 23, 2017 photo, American medical volunteers attend to a civilian casualty of the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, at the the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital, in Bartella, Iraq. Situated on the outskirts of Mosul, the state-of-the-art field clinic was set up last December by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian aid organization based in Boone, North Carolina. Its volunteer doctors receive those with the gravest injuries from the field clinics inside or at the very edge of Mosul, where casualties are initially treated. (AP Photo/Tomislav Skaro)
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Joseph D. Jones was arrested by the FBI last month at Illinois Beach State Park on charges of conspiring to support the Islamic State terrorist group. (Associated Press)
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President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accompanied by President Donald Trump, right, speaks at a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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President Donald Trump listens as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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President Trump added weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of North Korea last week by approving U.S. missile strikes on Syria while hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Associated Press)
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President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)