By Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is being sued by three Muslim inmates who said they were denied access to religious services and meals in keeping with their practices even after having to answer a series of questions to prove their Islamic faith. …
Sheriff’s Deputy Lillian Peck said the department has “neither received the lawsuit on behalf of CAIR-LA, nor are aware of the nature of its content.”
Patricia Shnell, a civil rights attorney with CAIR-LA, told Religion News Service the organization learned about these issues after two of the three inmates contacted CAIR by mail.