Posted on 12/14/2015 6:04:32 AM PST by Whenifhow
After a landlord was convicted of pushing her Muslim tenant down a flight of stairs, a judge ordered her to respect the rights of all Muslims and to take an introductory course on Islam. Now the highest court in Massachusetts is being asked to decide whether the judge violated the landlord's constitutional rights.
The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments next month in a case that poses interesting legal questions at a time when the country is grappling with anti-Muslim backlash following deadly attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, both allegedly carried out by radical Muslims.
The case centers on Daisy Obi, a 73-year-old ordained minister from Nigeria who is the pastor of the Adonai Bible Center in Somerville, just north of Boston.
Snip
Suliman complained about the heat and electricity not always working, while Obi complained Suliman appeared to have 12 to 15 people living in the apartment at one point.
Suliman testified that about a month after she moved in, Obi stood on the stairs outside Suliman's apartment screaming anti-Muslim insults.
snip
He sentenced her to two years in jail on the assault and battery charge for pushing Suliman but required her to serve only six months, with the remaining 18 months suspended if she complied with certain probation conditions.
"I want you to learn about the Muslim faith," he said. "I want you to enroll and attend an introductory course on Islam.
snip
Obi's lawyer argues the probation condition that she learn about the Muslim faith "burdens Dr. Obi's free exercise of religion."
"It is beyond dispute that the Constitution guarantees that the government may not coerce anyone to support or participate in religion or its exercise," attorney Kimberly Peterson wrote in a legal brief.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPSv0cXwO4
Fighting The Ruling - Judge Sentenced Massachusetts Minister To Learn Islam - Fox & Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPSv0cXwO4
If I was ordered to take an Islam class... I’d go to the class and try to convert them to Christianity.
I’d have told the judge to go f@ck himself. Damn the consequences.
“”when the country is grappling with anti-Muslim backlash””
Really? Where is that happening? There’s some rhetoric but isn’t this overplayed a tad??
Although I do not condone what the landlord did, that judge is siding with a murderous cult.
I learn about Islam in the papers, TV, etc. after every Mass killing.
The landlord could learn a side-by-side comparative religions. Without compromising her faith.
when the country is grappling with anti-Muslim backlash
Really? Where is that happening? There’s some rhetoric but isn’t this overplayed a tad??
*******
Burned Mosque Worshipers: Blame Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3372204/posts
AMERICAN BACKLASH! Mosque FireBombed Near San Bernardino Terror Attack Site!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3372172/posts
Another judge who doesn’t know the Constitution. PC gone amuck. She committed a violent act, punish her, but stay out of religion.
As long as they are learning about Islam the way it really is, and not being simply indoctrinated by it, it is likely to make one have LESS respect for it.
On the bright side the woman is fortunate she has the benefit of baby steps, sharia law is not yet in full effect.
I stopped reading after I saw “Massachusetts”.
Amen! I’d say a passing grade would be getting some on their way to finding salvation in Jesus.
“Where is that happening?”
In the minds of leftists posting on FB.
“...when the country is grappling with anti-Muslim backlash...”
I think the writer needs to re-calibrate. Right now we have anger, distrust, and resentment by a large percentage of Americans. Backlash hasn’t happened yet - and I pray that it does.
I’d have told the judge I learned everything I needed to know about islam on 9/11.
this backlash must be hipped up by the Muslims to make them appear more a victim. I don’t see, or believe it.
...but a football team praying together before a game is violation of church and state - jamming their religious beliefs down the throats of others?????
Total bull. Liberal mythology. "If only..."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.