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April 28, 2013
CAIR Sues State Of Michigan For Not Providing Muslim Prisoners Proper Halal Meals - Bread and water there settled
CAIR Sues State Of Michigan For Not Providing Muslim Prisoners Proper Halal meals
A federal lawsuit was filed today against the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging several Muslim inmates aren’t getting enough “nutritional” food during the month-long fast of Ramadan and are being forced to eat foods that violate their religious beliefs.
According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, the state’s “Ramadan Bagged Meal” contains about 1,100-1,400 calories, which is roughly less than half the amount of calories that the other inmates get on any given day. Under state prison policy, all inmate meals total 2,600 to 2,900 calories a day.
The lawsuit, filed by the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), is challenging a policy that it claims requires Muslim inmates to sacrifice an adequate diet when they participate in the Ramadan fast. The suit also challenges a policy that prevents Muslims from maintaining a religiously-mandated —or halal — diet. Halal is a term used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic teachings. Under the halal food diet, pork and pork-based food products are forbidden, an addition to all meat that is not slaughtered and prepared in accordance with Islamic law.
The lawsuit claims that the MDOC has refused to provide Muslim inmates with a halal diet, “despite repeated requests.” As a result, Muslim inmates have been forced to “violate their sincerely-held religious beliefs by eating foods that violate the restrictions of the halal food diet,” according to the lawsuit.
CAIR-MI is seeking a court order enjoining the department from denying Muslim inmates an adequate diet during the upcoming month of Ramadan, which is scheduled to start July 9.
Wild Thing's comment..................
CAIR is what is the problem, they have yet to show they are against terrorists.
Posted by Wild Thing at April 28, 2013 12:40 AM
Comments
...is there such a thing as "Halal" bread and water ?
Posted by: Willy at April 28, 2013 01:22 PM
All I can say is, f*** CAIR and islam and mohammed.
Posted by: t at April 28, 2013 05:54 PM
