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Fifth Circuit: Texas Muslim Prisoners May Have Right to Wear Beards

On November 21, 2007, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals ruled that Texas state prisoners who are Muslims may have the right to wear a beard.

Fredrick Gooden and Garrett Gibb, Texas state prisoners, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), ...

 

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