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Court To Review Judge’s Order Forcing Woman To Learn Islam (MA)
boston.cbslocal.com ^ | Dec 13 2015 | Denise Lavoie

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: christian; court; islam; ma
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Fighting The Ruling - Judge Sentenced Massachusetts Minister To Learn Islam - Fox & Friends

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1 posted on 12/14/2015 6:04:32 AM PST by Whenifhow
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Fighting The Ruling - Judge Sentenced Massachusetts Minister To Learn Islam - Fox & Friends

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2 posted on 12/14/2015 6:05:22 AM PST by Whenifhow
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If I was ordered to take an Islam class... I’d go to the class and try to convert them to Christianity.


3 posted on 12/14/2015 6:05:49 AM PST by kjam22
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I’d have told the judge to go f@ck himself. Damn the consequences.


4 posted on 12/14/2015 6:06:41 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Whenifhow

“”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??


5 posted on 12/14/2015 6:09:39 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Whenifhow

Although I do not condone what the landlord did, that judge is siding with a murderous cult.


6 posted on 12/14/2015 6:10:01 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Whenifhow

I learn about Islam in the papers, TV, etc. after every Mass killing.


7 posted on 12/14/2015 6:10:29 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Whenifhow

The landlord could learn a side-by-side comparative religions. Without compromising her faith.


8 posted on 12/14/2015 6:12:15 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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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??
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9 posted on 12/14/2015 6:13:12 AM PST by Whenifhow
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Another judge who doesn’t know the Constitution. PC gone amuck. She committed a violent act, punish her, but stay out of religion.


10 posted on 12/14/2015 6:13:28 AM PST by tioga ( Psalm 109:8 for Obama. Can I get an Amen?)
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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.


11 posted on 12/14/2015 6:13:58 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Whenifhow

On the bright side the woman is fortunate she has the benefit of baby steps, sharia law is not yet in full effect.


12 posted on 12/14/2015 6:14:03 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Whenifhow

I stopped reading after I saw “Massachusetts”.


13 posted on 12/14/2015 6:17:02 AM PST by Original Lurker
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To: kjam22

Amen! I’d say a passing grade would be getting some on their way to finding salvation in Jesus.


14 posted on 12/14/2015 6:23:19 AM PST by Made In The USA (Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
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“Where is that happening?”

In the minds of leftists posting on FB.


15 posted on 12/14/2015 6:23:27 AM PST by pallis
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“...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.


16 posted on 12/14/2015 6:27:29 AM PST by Made In The USA (Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
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I’d have told the judge I learned everything I needed to know about islam on 9/11.


17 posted on 12/14/2015 6:30:33 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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To: Whenifhow

this backlash must be hipped up by the Muslims to make them appear more a victim. I don’t see, or believe it.


18 posted on 12/14/2015 6:31:04 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Whenifhow

...but a football team praying together before a game is violation of church and state - jamming their religious beliefs down the throats of others?????


19 posted on 12/14/2015 6:35:22 AM PST by joethedrummer
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when the country is grappling with anti-Muslim backlash

Total bull. Liberal mythology. "If only..."

20 posted on 12/14/2015 6:36:51 AM PST by Prospero (Omnis caro fenum)
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