Sophia Pearson for Bloomberg: “Muslim groups seeking to revive a lawsuit over a New York City Police Department surveillance program of mosques and businesses faced tough questions from appeals judges about terrorism and skepticism from an attorney for the city about the program’s very existence. Several Muslims sued New York in June 2012 in Newark, New Jersey, federal court claiming police…
July 9, 2014 Nursing Home Prohibited Religious Headwear and Fired Worker in Retaliation Federal Agency Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Jasper, Ala., nursing home violated federal law when it refused to allow a Muslim employee to wear a hijab (the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women) on the…
July 11, 2014 WASHINGTON — Intent on not overlooking clues about any terrorist plots after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the government spread a now-familiar slogan: “If you see something, say something.” Less visibly, it built a national database to better harness reports of suspicious activity in the hunt for terrorists. On Thursday, five…
June 4, 2014 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For years, opponents of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro vowed to take their legal fight to shut down the mosque all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. That fight ended Monday (June 2), when the nation’s highest court declined to hear their case. The four-year conflict over construction…
May 19, 2014 Oklahoma will have to pay $303,333 in legal fees to plaintiffs’ attorneys who brought lawsuit against Sharia law ballot measure The bill has come due for the state’s effort to keep international law and Sharia law out of Oklahoma courts. It wasn’t cheap. Oklahoma must pay $303,333 for attorneys’ fees of the…
