by Josef Kuhn | Sep 8, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday (Sept. 6) announced a settlement with Henrico County, Va., over the county’s alleged violation of a federal anti-discrimination law when it refused to rezone property for a group of Muslims who wanted to build a...
by Richard Yeakley | Mar 17, 2011 | News
(RNS) The Justice Department has filed suit against California prison officials on behalf of a Sikh inmate who says his religious freedom was violated when officials punished him for not cutting his beard. Sukhjinder Basra, incarcerated at the California Men’s Colony...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 24, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious minorities—especially Muslims—figure prominently in religious freedom investigations by the Justice Department, a new report shows. “Jewish synagogues and schools, African-American churches, and, increasingly, Muslim mosques and schools are...