[Rashputin]

I'd call this a clear cut case of deprivation of civil rights under color of law, something that should deprive those involved of their jobs and freedom for a while. From the lowest beat cop to the top brass, everyone is told what the limits are and even if they are simply trying to defuse a situation they are still held accountable for their actions. This is exactly, precisely, identically, the same thing as enforcing Jim Crow laws and if the democrat fascist thugs think it will go unnoticed that they're up to their old tricks they've got another thing coming.

[An.American.Expatriate]

But there are limits to how they can act on their beliefs. For example, a religion may believe that racial segregation is God’s way.

So if a Segregationist Church were to hold it's ceremonies in it's own building and members of another race show up and, through thier presence alone, disturb the otherwise peaceful congregation - the church has no recourse but accept?

I think not.

This is exactly, precisely, identically, the same thing as enforcing Jim Crow laws

Denying a group access to facilities / businesses that serve the general public (bars, restaraunts, buses etc ...) can not be justified as no persons personal beliefs / liberties are infinged upon by allowing blacks, hispanics, etc ... access. That has nothing at all to do with forcing a religious group to accept persons it deems uncapable of worship access to it's sanctums.

[freekitty]

They were apparently breaking the law.

[musicman]

"What Are D.C. Police Doing Enforcing Shariah Law?"

[MagnoliaB]

Are these women still alive?

[ntmxx]

Islam a crime against humanity!

[fivecatsandadog]

I clicked on the “American Thinker” link in the title, and it came up “Pajamas Media”.

Something stinks about this.........

[djf]

It’s not a church, it’s a club.

And if the people in there are discussing public disturbances and attacks on Americans, it’s not a club, it’s a criminal syndicate.

[pnh102]

I don’t see what the issue is. Do we not have a right to have police remove trespassers from private property?

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[org.whodat]

The courts found that the police action removing people from private businesses violated the Equal Protection Clause.

So the question is, is a gutter religion a private business!!!

[TornadoAlley3]

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[Will88]

Three D.C. Metropolitan police officers entered the center, at the direction of an imam, and removed six Muslim women. Their crime? They were worshiping peacefully in the main prayer hall after the imam announced that women were forbidden to enter that area.

If these were Muslim women who normally worshiped at that mosque, the police had no business becoming involved. Since they were Muslim, it seems it'd be hard make a case for trespassing unless they had been told previously not to come on any part of the property. Probably not enough information.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

For years, the police have been called for PC “violations.” So this is not surprising. The police are not there to protect you and me from criminals. The police are there to carry out the policies of the local administration that hired them.

[CPOSharky]

If the police had not removed them, there would have been riots and general mayhen throughout the muzzy world. And it would be all our fault.

(That’s the usual MO for getting their way, isn’t it?)

[lack-of-trust]

try this comparison:

a woman in a clerical collar (and a few supporters) walks into a catholic church and goes through the motions of conducting mass. When asked to leave, she refuses.

Should the police respond when called by the rector?

[CodeToad]

Seems like the police were removing trespassers from private property at the request of the property owners. The reasons the property owners want the individuals removed is of no interest.

[rmlew]

Sorry, it's private property and the women were trespassing.

On the ohter hand if the women want to pray outside or protest the discrimination, they are free to do so.

[Fundamentally Fair]

Mole Hill meets Mountain.

This is a simple case of trespassing.

[Carry_Okie]

Before you go saying this situation is the same as distinctions of race, remember that not a few Orthodox Jews separate men and women for their services.

The reason?

That is what G-d specified when they received the Law at Sinai.

[The Pack Knight]

Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy pretty effectively dismantles Prof. Rotunda's arguments here.

The conviction in Garner v. Louisiana was overturned on due process, not equal protection, grounds because the State did not produce enough evidence to support a disturbing the peace conviction under the Louisiana statute.

Both Lombard v. Louisiana and Peterson v. Greenville involved trespassing convictions that were the result of police enforcing city ordinances that required segregation. The property owner in each case was compelled by law to ask the black customer/protesters to leave.

None of those three cases are applicable to what happened at the mosque. The only state action here was the police enforcing the private property owner's right to exclude people of his choosing from his property. There is certainly no law in DC that I am aware of that required the imam to exclude women from certain areas of the mosque.