From the Dallas News:”Muslim inmates in Texas prisons must be allowed to wear fist-length beards and skullcaps that their religion requires, a federal court ruled Monday. “Religion is important to lots of us, both in the free world and in prison,” said Eric Albritton, lawyer for David Rasheed Ali, the inmate who sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.”
Also from KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FREEDOM OF RELIGION (ACLU):”Courts have often concluded that prison officials could generally ban religious objects if they could make a plausible claim that the objects could pose security
problems.”
Thanks for the find - I wonder if the Koran could be withheld during a stint in solitary.....would be interesting to know....