Oklahoma one step away from banning Islamic law — again
Tim Murphy at Mother Jones reports that the Oklahoma legislature “moved one step closer” to protecting the state from Islamic law this Monday, when the state Senate “approved on a 40-3 vote a bill...
View ArticleNorth Carolina lawmakers equate Islamic prayer with terrorism
John Frank, Craig Jarvis and Rob Christensen at News Observer report that Republican Representative Michele Presnell of North Carolina has found herself in some hot water recently after she allegedly...
View ArticleAnti-shari’a bills advance in Florida, Oklahoma
A bill to “prohibit foreign laws from being enforced in state courtrooms” has been sent to Oklahoma's governor, NewsOK reports. HB 1060 passed by huge margins. It passed 40-3 in the Senate and 85-7 in...
View ArticleIndiana man sentenced to 20 years in prison for religiously-motivated attack...
According to a press release made public by The United States Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Ohio this Tuesday, an Indiana man “was sentenced to 20 years in in prison for hate crimes...
View ArticleYemeni man loves America, hates al-Qaeda, and says drone strikes make them...
In The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf discusses the life of Farea al-Muslimi, a “22-year-old democracy activist who is among the most pro-American voices in Yemen.” According to the article, while...
View ArticleMcDonald’s halal lawsuit settled in Michigan
According to an article published for Sky News, a judge in Michigan “finalized a $700,000 settlement” this week between McDonald's and members of the Muslim community after a Detroit-area restaurant...
View ArticleMuslim woman says her faith was attacked in court
Amanda Bonafi and Christian Farr at NBC Chicago report that Yolanda Gray, a Muslim woman from Hammond, Indiana, “felt she and her Islamic faith were under attack” Tuesday night when she “declined a...
View ArticleCarla Garrison: Is shari’a is the biggest threat to American safety?
In an article published for The Washington Times, Carla Garrison writes that “Islam’s sharia law [sic] is insinuating itself into our courtrooms, schools, prisons and every other aspect of society,”...
View ArticleAnti-shari’a bills in North Carolina, Alabama
According to an Associated Press article published for News 14 Carolina, a bill that would prohibit the application of Islamic law in North Carolina courts passed the state House this Thursday, after...
View ArticleREPORT – Foreign Law Bans: A Solution in Search of a Problem
On May 16th, NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice published a report (“Foreign Law Bans: Legal Uncertainties and Practical Problems”), researched and written in collaboration with the American Center...
View ArticleJudgment reached in religious accommodation case
Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska entered judgment in the court case EEOC v. JBS USA last week, finding that requests on behalf of Muslim employees...
View ArticleReligion in the workplace: discrimination lawsuits on the rise
Lauren Weber and Melanie Trottman at the Wall Street Journal write that there’s been a “rising tide” in religious-discrimination complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
View ArticleAnti-Sharia Legislation and the Status of the American Muslim
In an article published for Jurist, guest columnist Elizabeth Mohamed offers some insight regarding the challenges posed by anti-shari’a legislation that has recently passed in multiple U.S. states. A...
View ArticleMurfreesboro mosque appeal denied, opponents threaten to go to U.S. Supreme...
Marie Kemph at the Murfreesboro Post reports that in a decision that will mark the end of more than three years of legal battles, “[t]he Tennessee Supreme Court has denied an appeal by opponents of the...
View ArticleSpeech isn’t free when terrorism is involved
Writing in the wake of last week’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold the conviction of Tarek Mehanna, a United States citizen charged with conspiracy for providing...
View ArticleLibyan Assembly votes to follow Islamic law
In a Reuters article published for the Chicago Tribune, Feras Bosalum reports that “in a recent bid by moderate Islamists to outflank ultra-conservative militants,” Libya’s national assembly voted on...
View ArticleA look at key articles in Egypt’s draft constitution
An Associated Press article published for ABC News and Fox this week examines some of the key provisions of the Egyptian draft constitution that, if passed in an upcoming referendum, will “amend the...
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