Religion & Law

Poll Says Many British Muslim College Students Hold Islamist Views
Today's London Telegraph and London Times Online report that a YouGov poll for the Centre for Social Cohesion shows a wide cultural gap between Muslim and non-Muslim students at British universities...

EAC Will Award Grants to Recruit the Next Generation of Poll Workers
The EAC is doing another round of grants through the Help America Vote College Program.The EAC is seeking applications under the Help America Vote College Program (College Program) for programs that will encourage college students to serve as poll workers...

Community College Faces Suit Over Philosophy Prof's Requirement
According to World Net Daily on Friday, the American Center for Law and Justice is threatening a lawsuit against New York's Suffolk County Community College. In a demand letter, the ACLJ claims that a philosophy professor at the college requires students to acknowledge the possibility that God does not exist in order to participate in his course...

Poll Contrasts Views On Sharia In Iran, Egypt, Turkey
Today the Muslim-West Facts Initiative (a collaboration of the Gallup polling organization and the Coexist Foundation) published the first in a series of articles on views toward Islamic Sharia law in Iran, Egypt, and Turkey...

Students' Rights To Wear Religious Attire Debated In Mauritius
The right of students to wear religious attire has now become an issue in the African island nation of Mauritius. L'express today reports on the case of a 15-year old Muslim student who was expelled several weeks ago from Eastern College in Flacq for wearing her "tious" (traditional trousers) under her school uniform...

Ugandan University Bars Muslim Women From Wearing Head Coverings In Exams
In Uganda, Makerere University has angered Muslims by banning students wearing head coverings from entering examination rooms. The ban primarily affects Muslim women. New Vision yesterday reported that university officials say they are trying to prevent cheating by preventing students from carrying jackets, scarfs, caps and sweaters into exams...

5150 Hold
California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150-5157

Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Alta College
Settles False Claims Allegatiions for $7 Million

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

British Airways Lost-Luggage
Class-Action Gets Green Light

Western Culinary Institute
allegedly mislead and ill-prepared students.

BCTI Reaches Settlement with Students
BCTI Reaches Settlement with Students