Supreme Court allows 3 Muslims put on no-fly list to seek damages against federal officials

The Supreme Court of the United Sates allowed three Muslims who had been placed on no-fly lists, to sue for financial damages against FBI officials under a federal law meant to protect religious liberty. Writing for an 8-0 court, Justice Clarence Thomas said that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed in 1993 to prohibit the federal…

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Federal Court Orders YouTube to Take Down Controversial Anti-Islam Video

February 28, 2014   A federal appeals court ordered YouTube to take down a controversial anti-Islam video in an unusual copyright decision that Google, which owns YouTube, said raised questions about freedom of speech. The video, “Innocence of Muslims,” was briefly blamed in 2012 for inciting violence across the Middle East that killed four American…

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Muslim lesbian couple fight Canadian deportation

IFP Press – March 25, 2012 A Muslim lesbian couple who claim they will be killed if deported to their native Israel due to their sexuality is being given a second chance to remain in Canada. Iman Musa and Majida Mugrabi, of Toronto, arrived in Canada from Tel Aviv in 2007 and filed unsuccessful refugee…

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Pictures of Terrorists Do Not Have to Be Anonymized

07.06.2011/ 08.06.2011 On Tuesday, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe decided that the pictures of a convicted Islamic terrorist can appear in the German news media – without being anonymized. This decision was not in favor of the claimant Mazen H. (30), who was convicted by the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart in 2008…

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Muslim Headscarf Headache for Swiss Basketball Player

18 October 2010 Sura Al-Shawk, a Swiss citizen of Iraqi origin, has been unable to participate in any basketball games since her regional league banned her in 2009, due to the headscarf that she wears. Since that time her case has been tossed “like a hot potato” between the regional and national basketball associations, while…

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