Posted on April 28, 2011 by creeping
“…he recently became convinced that his Islamic faith required him to wear a beard.” Who in the prison system convinced him of that and recommended he wage legal jihad? via In Good Faith: Judge denies Muslim inmate’s beard lawsuit – baltimoresun.com.
Virginia’s prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate’s religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a federal judge has ruled.
William Couch, a 50-year-old Sunni Muslim, is a medium-security prisoner serving multiple life sentences for rape and other convictions. He challenged the Virginia Department of Corrections’ grooming policy, which bans long hair and beards.
U.S. District Judge Samuel G. Wilson in Harrisonburg sided with the department in a ruling Thursday. Couch’s attorney, Jeffrey Fogel, filed an appeal Monday.
Department spokesman Larry Traylor declined to comment on the case.
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