(AP) A Muslim inmate who won a U.S. Supreme Court case upholding his right to grow a beard for religious reasons said in a lawsuit that Arkansas officials transferred him to a federal prison in West Virginia in retaliation for several other […]
(Religion News) When Devin Brooks reported for training in West Virginia early last year for his new security guard gig at the U.S. Department of State, he was pulled aside and told his beard violated the agency’s facial hair policy. The news […]
(AP) The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization says it has accepted an invitation from West Virginia lawmakers to visit the state Capitol in the wake of an Islamophobic display outside the House of Delegates chamber. The Council on American-Islamic Relations made […]
(Charleston Gazette-Mail) Anti-Muslim material on display Friday at the West Virginia Capitol set off a series of events that culminated in a legislative aide seeking medical attention, another resigning and a House Democrat potentially facing punitive action from the chamber. The controversy […]
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