The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after backing the group in an oath of allegiance published online. Police say Choudary's followers carried out attacks in the UK and abroad. The judge, who described Choudary as calculating and dangerous, passed the same sentence on his confidant Continue Reading
Burkini Ban: Criminalizing Religious Modesty?
By Trevor Castor Photographs of armed, male police officers forcing a Muslim woman to remove her over-garment on a public, French beach are currently trending on social media. The woman was told to remove her long sleeve top (revealing a tank top underneath) and to tie her headscarf into a Continue Reading
Muslims can wear headscarves for Alabama IDs. A Christian woman sues so she can, too.
By Julie Zauzmer When Yvonne Allen went to renew her driver’s license, she wasn’t expecting to discuss the Bible. But she soon found herself trying to defend her Christian beliefs. Allen takes literally the words of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament: “If a woman does not cover her head, she Continue Reading
Muslims Seek New Burial Ground, and a Small Town Balks
By JESS BIDGOOD DUDLEY, Mass. — When Dr. Amjad Bahnassi, a psychiatrist who lives in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester, wants to visit his son’s grave, he braces for the drive to the Muslim burial ground in Enfield, Conn., about 60 miles away. It is the nearest cemetery devoted Continue Reading
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