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Muslim students vow appeal in free speech conviction
LOS ANGELES (RNS) A group of Muslim students who were convicted Friday (Sept. 23) of disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador plan to appeal as Muslim community leaders call the high-profile free speech case a civil rights moment.
The "Irvine 11" were charged with systematically...
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Swell of clergy rallies around Ga. death row inmate
(RNS) In a last-minute bid to stop a Sept. 21 execution in Georgia, religious leaders have rallied in previously unseen numbers to call for clemency for death row inmate Troy Davis.
As of Tuesday (Sept. 13), more than 3,000 religious leaders from all 50 states had signed a letter urgi...
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Fourth faith-healing trial in two years starts this week
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) When the trial of Dale and Shannon Hickman begins this week, the curtain again rises on a familiar tragedy: the death of a child and the parents whose unwavering faith in divine healing may lead them to prison.
The Hickmans are members of the Followers of Chris...
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Work makes Ramadan hard, but not impossible, for Muslims
(RNS) Fasting during Ramadan may be harder for Muslims in countries where they are a minority, but a new survey said Muslims in America and other countries tried to give it their best effort.
The study, by the New Jersey-based DinarStandard website that tracks business trends among Mu...
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Monks’ casket fight heads back to court
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Louisiana's funeral industry isn't ready to give up the fight to preserve its exclusive right to sell caskets.
On Monday (Aug. 15), lawyers for the Louisiana Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors appealed a federal judge's July 21 ruling that allowed a group o...
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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
The White House released a plan to prevent violent extremism (aka terrorism) in the United States. White House officials pledged to provide accurate information to local law enforcement officials about Islam, and said that Muslim-American communities themselves are best positioned to...
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Judge bars `witch hunt’ comment from faith-healing trial
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (RNS) A state medical examiner who concluded that two members of an Oregon City faith-healing church were victims of a prosecutorial "witch hunt" will not be allowed to offer that opinion when the defendants go to trial next month.
Clackamas County Presiding Jud...
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Hindus sue restaurant over meat mistake
EDISON, N.J. (RNS) A group of Hindus can sue an Edison restaurant for money to travel to India, where they say they must purify their souls after eating meat, a state appellate court panel ruled Monday (July 18).
The decision reinstates a lawsuit filed against Moghul Express, the rest...
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Court says store discriminated against Muslim
(RNS) Abercrombie & Fitch violated civil rights law when the clothier refused to hire a Muslim woman because she wears a headscarf, a federal district court has ruled.
"We were very excited to hear that the judge made the right decision in finding that Abercrombie & Fitch was wrong wh...
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Atheists sue to stop Perry’s role in prayer
(RNS) Five Texans are suing Gov. Rick Perry to prevent him from appearing at a prayer rally scheduled for Aug. 6 in a Houston stadium.
The federal suit alleges that Perry, a Republican, is violating the separation of church and state by appearing in a promotional video for a prayer ga...
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