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Court blocks Alabama from executing Muslim inmate without his imam presentFederal appeals court blocks execution of a Muslim inmate in Alabama after the state refused to allow his imam to be at his death instead of a Christian prison chaplain.
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Appeals court blocks Alabama execution of Muslim inmateA federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the planned execution of an Alabama inmate to consider whether the state was violating the Muslim inmate's rights by not allowing an imam to replace a Christian prison chaplain in the death chamber. The 11th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals granted a...
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Muslim inmate executed in Alabama after legal battle over imam's presenceA Muslim inmate who argued his religious rights were violated because Alabama would not allow his imam by his side at his execution was put to death Thursday night
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Alabama executes Muslim inmate who wanted imam presentATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A Muslim inmate who complained in a legal challenge that Alabama wouldn't let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber was put to death Thursday after the nation's highest court cleared the way. Dominique Ray, 42, was pronounced dead at 10:12 p.m. of a lethal injection at the state prison in Atmore. Ray had argued Alabama's execution procedure favors Christian inmates because a Christian chaplain employed by the prison typically remains in the execution chamber during a lethal injection, but the state would not let his imam be present.
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Execution of Muslim inmate in Alabama blocked over concerns about his religious rightsAlabama may be violating the religious rights of Muslim inmate Dominique Ray by refusing to allow an imam at his execution, the 11th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday.
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Alabama asks SCOTUS to allow it to execute a Muslim man without his imam in the roomDomineque Ray was scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday before the sentence was halted on Wednesday by a federal appeals court in Atlanta.
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The Latest: Supreme Court says execution can proceedATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the possible execution of a Muslim inmate in Alabama (all times local): 8:20 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to proceed with the execution of a Muslim inmate who had wanted his spiritual adviser to be present in the execution chamber. Justices on Thursday evening vacated a lower court's stay with a 5-4 decision. The Alabama Department of Corrections plans to carry out the execution of Dominique Ray on Thursday night. Ray asked to have his imam replace a prison chaplain in the execution chamber. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the execution Wednesday to weigh whether Alabama procedures favored Christian inmates. A majority of justices voted to let the execution proceed.
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Dutch liability for Srebrenica massacre should be overturned– court adviserMore than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed after Bosnian Serb forces attacked the UN 'safe area' of Srebrenica in July 1995, despite the presence of Dutch troops tasked with acting as international peacekeepers.
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