Muslim inmates in Alaska fed pork during Ramadan: activists

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse




25 MAY 2018

A federal judge granted a restraining order Thursday forcing prison guards in Alaska to stop giving Muslim inmates pork as they break their fasts during Ramadan, rights campaigners said.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming Anchorage Correctional Complex had violated constitutional prohibitions against "cruel and unusual punishment."

CAIR said the US District Court for Alaska had granted its request for an emergency temporary order requiring guards to provide adequate meals in accordance with government health guidelines.

"CAIR has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president," the Washington-based organization said in a statement.



Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/muslim-inmates-alaska-fed-pork-during-ramadan-activists-doc-15b6ck2

[IronLionZion]

1. Do guards offer the same treatment to Jewish inmates?

Do they give coffee to the Mormon inmates?

[dembotoz]

2. guess bush sr beacon of hope and liberty has actually gone out

If I am elected president, I will never apologize for the United States. I will strengthen her and make her a beacon of freedom and liberty!

Late April 1988, at a campaign stop at the Scranton Wilkes-Barre airport, in response to protesters of the Reagan administration's policies in Central America. Bush Vows to Attack Joblessness. Edward Power. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa.: April 26, 1988. pg. A.8

[Paladin]

3. Life in trumpland.

This is just the sort of stupid, pointless bigotry that gives the trump base a collective boner. What a filthy place our once-proud nation has become.

[Fred Sanders]

4. The bigotry and ignorance of Americans is now in the open and world famous.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Would they give grape soda for Christian communion?

[SFnomad]

6. More apt comparison .... would they give Christians hamburger on Friday during lent? Not likely n/t

[christx30]

8. If they were criminals, probably.

Guards aren’t going to give a crap about the intricacies of any religion. “Are you fed? Are you going to escape or hurt anyone? If the answer if yes, then no, I don’t care.”
Fish Fridays or Taco Tuesday isn’t really a thing.

[samir.g]

7. Those guards should be prosecuted and thrown into the same prison