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O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342 (1987), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the constitutionality of prison regulations. The court ruled that it was not a violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to deprive an inmate of attending a religious service for "legitimate penological interests."
Dettmer v. Landon, 799 F.2d 929 (4th Cir. 1986), [1] is a court case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that although Wicca is a religion, it was not a violation of the First Amendment to deny a prisoner access to ritual objects.
While these programs are sometimes secular they are also frequently sponsored by religious organizations [2] [3] and interfaith groups. Such programs have an established history. In the 19th century Quaker ideas, [4] [5] were co-opted by Pennsylvania prisons which had inmates meditate upon their crimes as a key component of rehabilitation.
Sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling 13 billion won (US$12 million) in church funds, in 2014. [49] Kong Hee - Founder of City Harvest Church. Original sentence of eight years, reduced to three and a half years for misappropriation of church funds amounting to SGD50million, in 2016. See City Harvest Church Criminal Breach of Trust Case
The number of hate crimes against Jews may be underreported, as in the case for many other targeted groups. [7] According to a survey which was conducted by the Anti-Defamation League in 2019, antisemitism is rejected by a majority of Americans, with 79% of them lauding Jews' cultural contributions to the nation.
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United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case from the October 1943 term.. The case arose from the appeal of the conviction of two leaders of the new religious "I AM" Activity movement for fraudulently seeking and collecting donations on the basis of religious claims that the defendants themselves did not believe.
[2] [3] [4] There is a fine line between the ideas of fair comment and religious offences caused by questioning the veracity of divine revelation. More recently, the term religious hatred is used in modern laws such as the British Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006, which aim to promote religious tolerance by forbidding hate crimes.