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Lindh lawyer to push for 5 daily group prayers
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 2 months ago
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A lawyer who helped American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates win the right to hold daily group prayers in a high-security unit said he'll ask a judge to order that they be allowed to pray together five times a day, as Islam
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Feds answer suit by Muslim inmate
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 9 months ago
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Allowing convicted Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates to pray daily in a group at their Indiana prison would be dangerous, unaffordable and unfair to other inmates, prison officials said Thursday during a trial in Lindh's
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Security issues intrude on 'American Taliban' hearing
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 9 months ago
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District Judge Jane Magnus Stinson emptied the courtroom of the public and press during American Taliban John Walker Lindhs hearing at the federal courthouse this morning to discuss security issues. Lindh and a few other Muslim prisoners filed a
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American Taliban's religion debte could expand
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 9 months ago
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The legal battle between the federal government and "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh over religious freedoms could have broader implications for inmates in federal, state and local prisons across the country. Lindh, 31, who is serving a 20-year
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American Taliban seeks group prayer in Ind. prison
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 9 months ago
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An American-born Taliban fighter imprisoned in Indiana will try to convince a federal judge that his religious freedom trumps security concerns in a closely watched trial that will examine how far prisons can go to ensure security in the age of
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Prisons' pork decision angers Ohio pig farmers
Columbus :: OH :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Ohio (AP) — Ohio's pork farmers and processors are vowing to fight the state's decision to remove pork from prison menus in response to a lawsuit by Muslim inmates. Dick Isler (IHS'-ler), executive director of the Ohio Pork
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Ohio Muslim inmates sue over meal preparation
Columbus :: OH :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Awkal says he's entitled to meals prepared in specific fashion, such as meat from animals whose throats were cut to allow blood to drain. Another inmate has also joined the lawsuit. The 52-year-old Awkal is scheduled to die in
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Islam provides hope, hurdles for inmates
Mooresville :: NC :: USA | 2 years ago
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The Times (Munster) Standberry reads from the Quran at the prison, which has the state's largest population of incarerated Muslims...He's also a devout Muslim serving a 30-year sentence at Indiana State Prison. No one would have used the word devout
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Muslim inmates want prayer limits thrown out
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | over 2 years ago
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American Taliban John Walker Lindh is one of two inmates asking a judge to rule that limits on group prayer at a restrictive federal prison unit in Indiana violate their religious freedom. The American Civil Liberties Union made the request on behalf
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Muslims 'being turned into terrorists in jail'
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Britain faces a "new wave" of home-grown terrorist attacks led by up to 800 Muslim ex-prisoners who have been radicalised by jihadists while serving their sentences, a think-tank has warned. Large-scale and co-ordinated attacks such as the 7 July
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