One has to read more details in the article to see what’s going on.
They will allow the imam to be at the execution. They just won’t replace the Christian chaplain with an imam.
“Ray met with the prison warden who ... explained the practices and policies that the Alabama Department of Corrections adheres to during executions. Among other things, the warden told Ray that a Christian chaplain employed by the department would be in the death chamber as a lethal cocktail of drugs is administered. The inmate’s designated witnesses, along with any spiritual adviser other than the prison chaplain, may be seated in a witness room ...
Ray asked if he could bring in his imam in place of the prison chaplain, but was told his request couldn’t be honored due to the department’s policy.”
They would allow the imman in as a witness which means he would not be in the same room.
Stupid decision
Let the imman be in the same room and execute the evil murderer