Religion & Law

"Profiling We Can Believe in"
Politico is reporting that two Michigan Muslim supporters of Obama were barred from sitting on the podium behind Barack in order to hide their headscarves from the cameras. The campaign has denied this, instead stating that head gear of any kind, including baseball caps, are not allowed in the special backdrop section, and any request to remove the head scarves was not motivated by concern over the supporters' religion...

Afghanistan lawmakers rally against reprinting of Muhammad cartoons
[JURIST] Some 200 Afghan parliamentarians demonstrated Tuesday at the parliament building in Kabul against last month's reprinting of a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad [JURIST report] by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Poste [media website]...

Judge dimisses suit over right to wear Islamic head scarves in courthouse
A federal judge has dismissed religious claims brought by a Muslim woman over her right to wear a hijab, the traditional head scarf of the Islamic faith, while in a courthouse holding facility...

Denmark government to propose headscarf ban for judges
[JURIST] The Danish government said Wednesday that it would propose new legislation to ban sitting judges from wearing religious dress [JURIST news archive], including Islamic headscarves, in court...

France bans immigrants wearing burqas in state language classes
USA Today reports: “In secular France, it is illegal for hotel owners to turn away women wearing Muslim headscarves but OK to ban those wearing head-to-toe burqas from state-sponsored French language classes...

Asifa Quraishi: Western feminists have lost opportunities to work with - rather than against - Islam and Muslim women."
At the Wisconsin Law School feminism conference, I'm listening to Wisconsin lawprof Asifa Quraishi. You can click on the link to the abstract of her paper here. Excerpt:[Muslim women] are are a topic of feminist attention because Islam itself is considered to be a primary problem standing in the way of feminist work...

Michelin hit with $11.9M verdict for fatal head on crash
Michelin Settles Lawsuit for $11.6 Million

Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement

Google Inc.
alleging deceptive charges for ads displayed on third party web sites.

Religious Discrimination
NMSU to pay $165,000 in Muslim discrimination settlement.

Underage DUI
Minor injured in car accident after a Halloween party is awarded $1.5 million.

Cell Phone Services
AT&T Mobility may have to pay $10 million to Florida customers after charging for third-party services.