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27 Aug 2013, 5:57 am by Howard Friedman
Respondent argued that her children are part of the trust corpus of the Moorish Science Temple of America and that MSTA should have been made a party to the case. [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
The Washington Post yesterday reported on an "odd and perplexing phenomenon popping up in cities across the country" in which individuals, claiming to be Moorish American Nationals take over foreclosed or unoccupied homes-- often very expensive ones-- distorting tenets of the Moorish Science Temple of America to support their actions. [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 1:51 pm
By: Zac Papantoniou - Weird Legal News Satyriconista Apparently, The Moorish American Science Temple (MAST), is pretty pissed off at… well, pretty much everyone in Illinois, but especially at Washington Mutual Bank, the Cook County Sherriff's Office and the Chicago Police Dept., because the Temple's Fiduciary Board Members filed suit against those three (3) parties yesterday, [...] [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
., April 24, 2019), an Ohio state appeals court affirmed a probate court's decision in a case brought by a member of the Moorish Science Temple of America. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
As a result of this reduction in worship time, Dykes-Bey, a Moorish American Moslem, was unable to read the proclamation or conduct the closing prayer at four weekly meetings of the Moorish Science Temple of America....Finding no 1st Amendment violation, the court said in part: Dykes-Bey sufficiently alleged a sincerely held religious belief or practice—reading the proclamation and conducting the closing prayer at meetings of the… [read post]
11 Feb 2017, 4:00 pm by Howard Friedman
., Feb. 3, 2017), an Ohio state appellate court dismissed as moot a mandamus lawsuit by a member of The Moorish Science Temple of America challenging the refusal by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue him a driver's license with the suffix "Bey" added at the end of his birth name. [read post]
1 Jun 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 72325 (WD MI, May 28, 2014), a Michigan federal district court permitted Moorish Science inmate to proceed against certain of the defendants for an injunction to require recognition of  Moorish Science Temple of America-1928 as a separate religious group from Moorish Science Temple of America, Inc., (1934 Portion).In Smart v. [read post]
3 Jan 2019, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
., Jan. 2, 2019), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 38-page opinion, remanded to an Indiana federal district court a suit by an inmate who claimed that his free exercise rights were infringed when prison authorities at Correctional Industrial Facility did not permit him to participate fully in worship services of the Moorish Science Temple of America. [read post]
30 Jun 2013, 12:23 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 86645 (WD MI, June 20, 2013), while rejecting class action certification and damage claims, a Michigan federal district court permitted an inmate to proceed with his injunctive action claim that "Moorish Science Temple of America-1928 Grand Body" should be recognized by prison authorities (and its practices accommodated) as a separate religious group from "Moorish Science Temple of America, Inc. (1934… [read post]
8 Jul 2018, 12:16 pm by Howard Friedman
., July 3, 2018), the 5th Circuit affirmed a Texas federal district court's dismissal of a suit by an inmate who is a member of Moorish Science Temple of America who complained that he was not provided with primary services to practice his faith.In Evans v. [read post]
18 Dec 2016, 7:37 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 174301 (MD PA, Dec. 15, 2016), a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge recommended that an inmate who is an adherent of Moorish Science Temple of America be allowed to move ahead on his Establishment Clause challenge to a Therapeutic Community program, alleging it has a religious component. [read post]
16 Oct 2016, 8:14 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 142624 (WD NC, Oct. 13, 2016), a North Carolina federal district court dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies an inmate's complaint that authorities were attempting to reclassify the Moorish Science Temple of America as a gang and its members as "security threat individuals. [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 7:07 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 42629, March 3, 2017) and dismissed an inmate's complaint that no separate services are held for Moorish Science Temple of America members.In Chichakli v. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 6:37 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 106707 (WD PA, Aug. 13, 2015), a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies a complaint by an inmate who is a member of the Moorish Science Temple of America that his religious practice was being limited.In Saif'Ullah v. [read post]
24 Sep 2017, 1:48 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 151714 (SDIN, Sept. 19, 2017), an Indiana federal district court dismissed on qualified immunity grounds a suit by an inmate claiming that his rights were violated when prison authorities disciplined him for violating a resolution of the Moorish Science Temple of America prohibiting him from actively engaging in MSTA religious services.In Sabin v. [read post]
17 Apr 2016, 7:48 am by Howard Friedman
 Plaintiff, a member of the Moorish Science Temple of America, had a grievance rejected by prison authorities because he signed it including his "attribute or tribal name. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
A description from the Press:“Citizenship is salvation,” preached Noble Drew Ali, leader of the Moorish Science Temple of America in the early twentieth century. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 5:53 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 45394, March 4, 2014) and dismissed for lack of standing an inmate's complaint that prison rules do not allow Moorish Science ordained ministers and Temple heads to perform marriage ceremonies for adherents incarcerated in Alabama prisons.In Darrough v. [read post]
24 Feb 2008, 4:23 pm
LEXIS 13192 (SD IN, Feb. 20, 2008), an Indiana federal district court rejected plaintiffs' claims that their free exercise and equal protection rights, as well as their rights under the Indiana constitution, were violated when the Assistant Superintendent at Pendleton Correctional Instituiton temporarily suspended religious activities of the Moorish Science Temple of America. [read post]
23 Aug 2015, 9:10 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 110146, July 30, 2015) and dismissed an inmate's complaint that defendant ordered the Sunday school service of the Moorish Science Temple of America closed down after only 10 to 13 minutes because of a shortage of officers for security for the chapel.In Hoeck v. [read post]