Domineque Ray – Eye on Islamism

Muslim inmate sues US jail for denying halal, timely meals during Ramadan Norman Simmonds was denied a halal diet because the jail could not 'confirm the devoutness of his beliefs,' according to lawsuit filed with help of Cair-Georgia

April 19, 2022 Umar A. Farooq

(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 […]

Muslim group sues Alabama for not allowing imam into execution chamber

February 4, 2021 Greg Garrison

(AL.com) An Islamic group has sued the Alabama Department of Corrections for not allowing an imam, a Muslim clergy, into the death row chamber to pray with an inmate at his execution. [Yusef] Maisonet, an imam who volunteers to lead Islamic prayers […]

Alabama executes Domineque Ray for 1995 killing of Selma teen

February 7, 2019 Ivana Hrynkiw

(AL.com) Alabama has executed Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray for the 1995 slaying of a 15-year-old Selma girl, after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a federal appeals court stay based on the inmate’s request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser at his side […]

Alabama death row inmate given Quran after asking courts

February 7, 2019 Ivana Hrynkiw

(AL.com) An Alabama death row inmate set to die Thursday night was given access to the holy book of Islam after his lawyers argued in a recent court filing that the inmate spent the last two nights without it. A document filed […]

Stay of execution granted for Alabama inmate; appeals court says state violated First Amendment

February 6, 2019 Ivana Hrynkiw

(AL.com) An Alabama death row inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday night has been granted an emergency stay, and the Alabama attorney general’s office is appealing to the nation’s highest court. Domineque Ray’s execution is set for 6 p.m. Thursday at Holman […]

Muslim chaplain: Death row inmate needs imam at execution

February 1, 2019 Greg Garrison

(AL.com) The volunteer Muslim chaplain for a death row inmate set for execution next week said that there are prayers required of a Muslim before he dies, and that the inmate needs his assistance to die honoring his faith. “I know the […]

Judge denies stay of Alabama execution in Muslim spiritual adviser case

February 1, 2019 Mike Cason

(AL.com) A federal judge ruled today against an Alabama death row inmate who sought a stay of execution to litigate his claim that prison officials are violating his religious rights because they won’t allow his Muslim spiritual adviser to be with him […]

Judge to rule Friday in case on death row inmate’s Muslim spiritual adviser

January 31, 2019 Mike Cason

(AL.com) A federal judge in Montgomery said he will issue a written order Friday in a case involving Alabama death row inmate Domineque Ray, who has sought to stop his execution because his Muslim spiritual adviser is not being allowed to join […]

Alabama death row inmate claims Muslim spiritual adviser barred from execution

January 29, 2019 Ivana Hrynkiw

(AL.com) An Alabama death row inmate set to die by lethal injection next week claims his execution should be stayed because the prison won’t let him have a Muslim spiritual adviser present in the execution chamber. Domineque Ray, 42, is set to […]

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