Showing posts with label Muslim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muslim. Show all posts
Monday, December 08, 2025

Texas Sues Promoters of Development Aimed at Muslim Home Buyers

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week that he has filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the East Plano Islamic Ce...
Friday, November 21, 2025

CAIR Sues Texas Governor

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As previously reported , earlier this week Texas governor Greg Abbott issued a Proclamation designating CAIR as a Foreign Terrorist and Tran...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

India's Supreme Court Stays Enforcement of Several Parts of Waqf Amendment Act

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In In re: The Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 .  (India Sup. Ct., Sept. 15, 2025), the Supreme Court of India in a 128-page opinion upheld many of ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

State Court Order to Cooperate in Religious Divorce Cannot Be Challenged in Federal Trial Court Proceeding

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In Azimi v. Worrell ,  (WD VA, June 3, 2025), plaintiff appearing pro se , challenged on Free Exercise and Establishment Clause grounds an o...
Friday, April 25, 2025

Muslim Woman Sues Over Violation of Her Religious Rights in Jail

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The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations yesterday announced the filing of a federal lawsuit by a Muslim woman who...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Suit Challenges NYPD's Forcible Removal of Hijabs as Crowd Control Tactic

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Suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court challenging the practice of the New York Police Department of forcibly and pub...
Friday, December 13, 2024

India's Supreme Court Orders Stay While It Considers Constitutionality of Place of Worship Act

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The Hindu reports on a controversial Order issued yesterday by India's Supreme Court. The Order bars lower courts from accepting new la...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Nominee To 3rd Circuit Who Would Have Been First Muslim Circuit Court Judge Will Not Be Confirmed by Senate

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New Jersey Globe reports that President Biden's nomination of Adeel Mangi to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals will not be approv...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

2nd Circuit: FBI Agents Had Qualified Immunity From RFRA Damages When Muslim Plaintiffs' Religious Objections Were Undisclosed

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In Tanvir v. Tanzin ,  (2d Cir., Oct. 29, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed on qualified immunity grounds a case in whi...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Court Says Indian Penal Code Does Not Punish Insults to Religion That Do Not Outrage Targets

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In Kumar v. State of Karnataka ,  (High Ct. Karnataka, Sept. 13, 2024), a single-judge bench of the High Court of the Indian state of Karnat...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

EEOC Sues Over Refusal to Accommodate Muslim Applicant's Worship Schedule

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On Sept. 30 the EEOC filed a suit under Title VII charging a Washington-state based staffing and recruiting agency with religious discrimina...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Muslim Woman Can Move Ahead on Some Challenges to Sheriff's Booking Photo Policy

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In Hague v. Kent County ,  (WD MI, Sept. 9, 2024), plaintiff, a Muslim woman, challenged the Kent County, Michigan, Sheriff Office's pol...
Monday, September 02, 2024

6th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's Religious Accommodation Complaints

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 In Mustin v. Wainwright ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of free exercise, RLUIPA...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

3rd Circuit: District Court Did Not Show Compelling Interest in Denying Muslim Inmate Religious Accommodations

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In Nunez v. Wolf ,  (3d Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a suit under RLUIPA, held that the district court ha...
Friday, July 12, 2024

India's Supreme Court Says Muslim Women Can Invoke Secular Law for Maintenance Award After a Religious Divorce

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In Mohd v. State of Telangana ,  (India Sup. Ct., July 10, 2024), a 2-judge panel of India's Supreme Court held that a Muslim woman who ...
Monday, June 17, 2024

White House Statements Extend Greetings On Eid al-Adha

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Today is Eid al-Adha.  Yesterday the White House posted a message from President Biden ( full text ) and a separate message from Vice-Presid...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Medicaid Limit on Reimbursing for Family Care Did Not Violate Muslim Family's Free Exercise Rights

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In Alsyrawan v. Department of Human Services ,  (PA Commonwealth Ct., May 20, 2024), a Pennsylvania state appellate court held that Medicaid...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

2nd Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's Complaint About Eid Meal

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In Brandon v. Royce , (2d Cir., May 15, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court erred in granting summary ...
Friday, April 19, 2024

5th Circuit Remands Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA and Establishment Clause Claims

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 In Lozano v. Collier , (5th Cir., April 11, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a portion of the district court's dec...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

British Court Upholds School's Ban on Student Prayer

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In The King (On the application of TTT) v. Michaela Community Schools Trust , (High Ct., Kings Bench, April 16, 2024), a British trial court...