9th Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Prison Headscarf

A Muslim woman who was forced to remove her headscarf in a Southern California holding cell can sue the county for violating her religious freedom rights, says the 9th Circuit in a ruling today. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) indeed...

Baltimore School Uses Prayer for Test Prep

The constitutional prohibition on school-sponsored prayer is pretty well known. So you would think a school ad promoting a school-sponsored prayer as part of standardized testing preparation would not be something we would see in the year 2011. And yet, a Baltimore...

Religious Climate of Air Force Academy Scheduled for Review

Via Religion Clause, AP reports that a review of the Air Force Academy's "religious climate" is now being planned: Patrick K. Gamble, who retired as a four-star general in 2001 and is now president of the University of Alaska, was asked to take an...

Response to King Hearings

The Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker and other faith leaders released a strong statement after the close of Rep. King's hearings yesterday. To assert that Muslims as a broad group are not deeply devoted to America’s safety and the peaceful...