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Officials must justify religion policies
By The New York Sun
Published: 11/13/2006

MANHATTAN, NY - A federal appeals court in Manhattan has ruled in favor of a Sunni Muslim prison inmate who said his First Amendment rights were violated when correctional officers required Sunni and Shiite inmates to pray together.

The recent ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court's ruling and gives new life to a First Amendment lawsuit challenging other decisions of the correctional officers responsible for the inmate. Read more.

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