Supreme Court hears case on Muslim mistreatment in US jails

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High court to hear Muslim prisoner's case

By The Associated Press
10.29.07

WASHINGTON — A Muslim inmate says prisoners around the country are regularly mistreated by their jailers because of religious faith. The Supreme Court is considering his case today.

The issue in the inmate's lawsuit is whether he can sue prison officials for allegedly confiscating his two copies of the Quran and his prayer rug.

Abdus-Shahid M.S. Ali, a convicted murderer, says the books and rug are among the personal items that have been missing since 2003, when he was moved from a federal penitentiary in Atlanta to a facility at Inez, Ky.

Muslim inmates have been subjected to "very hard times and bad treatment" at the hands of federal, state and local prison employees because of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Ali says in court papers.

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