(Middle East Eye) A Muslim prisoner in the US state of Georgia has filed a lawsuit challenging his detention facility’s refusal to provide him halal meals during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The lawsuit, filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) on behalf of Norman Simmonds, accuses the DeKalb County Jail of effectively starving Simmonds and other Muslim detainees by denying them halal meals.
“At this point, DeKalb County Jail is basically starving Muslims detained at the facility and asking them to choose between their religion and sustenance,” Javeria Jamil, Cair-Georgia’s legal director, said during a press conference on Tuesday.
Simmonds is currently in pre-trial detention at the DeKalb County Jail just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
