Key Issue
Religious Freedom
American Muslims are increasingly facing hostility because of their religion. We’re fighting to ensure that all people can express their faith free from discrimination and bigotry.
The Issue
Religious freedom is one of the bedrock principles upon which the United States was founded. Yet, American Muslims have increasingly faced bigotry, discrimination, and hostility to their very right to worship. Muslim Advocates works to protect American Muslims to build and maintain mosques and to worship free from discrimination.
Religious freedom is a shield to protect people from religious discrimination, not a sword to deny people their most basic rights.
Learn more about Muslim Advocates’ efforts to ensure that mosque permits are approved free from discrimination, that people in institutions can worship freely, and that the cause of religious freedom isn’t hijacked by those who seek to turn this basic principle on its head.
Advocacy
Court Cases
Court Case
Law v. Zook, et al.
Court Case
Amicus Briefs
Court Case
Bidgood, et al. v. Carmel, IN Board of Zoning Appeals
Court Case
Abdulkadir v. Hardin
Court Case
Islamic Center of Culpeper v. Culpeper County, Virginia
Court Case
Sabir v. Williams
Resources
Amicus Brief
Muslim, Sikh Groups to Supreme Court: Restore Workplace Religious Freedom Protections
Amicus Brief
Doc Society v. Michael Pompeo – Amicus Brief in DC District Court
Document
Know Your Rights – Your Right to Build a House of Worship 101
Document
Know Your Rights – Navigating the Land Use Process for Religious Communities
Document
Know Your Rights – Religious Free Exercise in Immigration Detention
Document
Know Your Rights – Religious Rights in the Workplace During Ramadan
Document
Know Your Rights – Religious Free Exercise While Incarcerated
The Latest
Ramadan Update: Defending Human Dignity and Freedom
Dear friend, My name is Golnaz Fakhimi, and I joined Muslim Advocates as its legal director in October of 2023. This Ramadan has elicited deep …
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