Article Surveys Islam In U.S. Courts Last Year

At the Family Security Matters website, Jeff Breinholt has posted an article titled Islam in American Courts: 2007 Year in Review. While its tone is overtly Islamophobic, it does present useful data on some 750 cases-- mostly federal-- involving Muslims. 212 cases were asylum claims-- but about half of these involved non-Muslims who feared persecution if they returned to Indonesia. 69 cases alleged employment discrimination. Others were criminal cases, defamation lawsuits, constitutional challenges to government operations, private lawsuits against Islamic terrorists, and family law disputes.