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The Religious-Liberty Claim the Justices Didn’t Want to Hear

posted on February 12, 2019

For The Atlantic, Wajahat Ali criticizes the Supreme Court’s refusal to allow a Muslim inmate to have an imam by his side during his execution. The state argued that Domineque Ray waited too long to request an imam, and, for security reasons, his request could not be filled in time. Ali writes, “Whatever the legal merits of these individual decisions, the lasting impression they create for Americans is undeniable: Islam is a faith tradition that is not only inferior to Christianity but also inherently hostile to America.”

Read at The Atlantic