Modesty Accomodation
Citing reports by six Muslim women, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission claims in a federal complaint that Aviation Port Services stopped letting its female passenger service agents wear long skirts.
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Berlin Court Upholds Ban on Teacher’s Headscarf in Classroom
A Berlin court has ruled that a law prohibiting a Muslim teacher from wearing a headscarf in a public school doesn’t violate her constitutional right to religious freedom.
Read moreMuslim Woman Sues Jailers for Removing Hijab
When a Southern California woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence last year she was told she could not wear her headscarf in the Ventura County Jail even though she’s Muslim, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court Monday.
Read moreUS Report on ‘Terrorist Entry’ Called Out as Highly Flawed
Skewering a government report that is supposed to substantiate the so-called travel ban, a pair of civil rights advocacy groups claim in a federal complaint that the deliberately deceptive study has been key to supporting a biased agenda.
Read moreCourt Restores Damages Claim by Muslims on No-Fly List
The Second Circuit revived a suit Wednesday involving three Muslims whose refusal to become FBI informants landed them on the no-fly list.
Read moreUN Security Council Delegation Seeks Rohingya’s Safe Return
A U.N. Security Council delegation on Tuesday visited Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled military-led violence, and urged the government to improve the security conditions for the return of the refugees.
Read more‘Travel Ban’ Brings Trump’s Muslim Rhetoric to High Court
Insisting that the so-called travel ban was the result of a rigorous, neutral review process, not anti-Muslim animus, a lawyer for the government urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold the executive order.
Read moreSupreme Court Scrutiny Imminent for Trump Travel Ban
In a case that will test the court’s deference to executive power, the Supreme Court will focus Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking immigration from several Muslim-majority countries.
Read moreMuslim Advocates Challenge ‘Misleading’ Terror Threat Report
The Trump administration is using a misleading report that overstates the threat posed by immigrants to justify a travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority nations, a Muslim advocacy group claims in a new lawsuit.
Read moreNYPD Settles Spying Suit With New Jersey Muslims
Years after the New York City Police Department targeted them for surveillance, New Jersey Muslims reached a long-awaited settlement Thursday that awards them thousands of dollars in damages and input toward reform efforts.
Read moreStates Lobby High Court to Strike Down Trump’s Travel Ban
Attorneys general from 16 states banded together Friday to attack the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
Read moreNew York’s Top Court Grants Spy-Like Cover to NYPD
Just like the CIA, the New York City Police Department can now “neither confirm nor deny” the existence of documents, thanks to a ruling Thursday from the state’s highest court.
Read moreRefugee Admissions Plummet Under Trump Administration
The United States is on track to admit the lowest number of refugees into the country since it started its resettlement program three decades ago, a byproduct of stricter admission policies adopted by the Trump administration.
Read moreTrump Candidate for UN Migration Agency: Judge My Actions
U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.N. migration agency acknowledges a controversy over his social media posts about Muslims and other topics, but insists “retweets are not endorsements” and says he wants to be judged on his actions as a humanitarian.
Read moreNYPD Sued Over Ban on Headscarves in Mug Shots
The New York City Police Department was hit with a class action Friday demanding it stop forcing Muslim women to remove their headscarves for mug shots.
Read moreJudge Dismisses ‘Clock Boy’ Discrimination Case, Again
A federal judge dismissed for the final time Tuesday a civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of a black Muslim teenager known as “clock boy” against a Dallas-area school district and suburb who had him arrested after he brought a homemade clock to his high school in 2015.
Read moreDump the Ban
President Donald Trump’s third travel ban has ruined lives and kept citizens of Muslim-majority nations from visiting their loved ones in the United States, dozens claim in a class action filed Tuesday.
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Americans Muslims for Palestine brought a federal complaint against Arizona State University and Attorney General Mark Brnovich, claiming the state’s ban on “contracting with any boycotter of Israel” unconstitutionally prohibits it from inviting Dr. Hatem Bazian to speak to the group.
Read moreSan Diego Parents Call Schools’ Anti-Islamic Bullying Program Unconstitutional
Seeking a federal injunction on Tuesday, a parents’ group claims a San Diego Unified School District program to reduce anti-Islamic bullying unconstitutionally favors Islamic students over others, including Jews.
Read moreTop NY Court Grapples With Records Demand Mired in Spy Secrecy
New York’s highest court seemed unlikely Tuesday to make the NYPD face a records demand about a controversial Muslim surveillance program.
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