(UPI) A Muslim man is asking an appeals court to reverse a ruling to throw out his lawsuit that alleged his constitutional rights were violated when he was forced to say his prayers inside a cell next to a toilet at a Wisconsin detention facility.
In his appeal to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Mohamed Salah Mohamed A Emad says his faith requires that he be in a state of ritual cleanliness before praying five times a day, which was impossible in the vicinity of a toilet.
Jail staff members said he was prohibited from performing the obligatory religious duty called salah in open spaces in his pod, including the library and the gym, his suit alleges.
