Tag: Religion

Titled “Upholding Moderation & Resisting Radicalization,” the series hopes to reach out to young people and anyone else in the community disheartened by anti-Muslim rhetoric whipping through the media and American politics.

Some parents who objected to the assignment may have been motivated by the wrong reasons, such as Islamophobia. But those who defended the teacher are equally ignorant — about the Constitution.

A federal judge ruled that forcing the student to cut his hair, shave his beard and forgo use of his turban violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.