Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

DOJ Monitoring 8 Cases Of Alleged Discrimination Against Muslim Institutions, Prisoners

Ryan J. Reilly | September 21, 2010, 2:00PM

A group of men gather in prayer during the first day of Ramadan at the Masjid An-Noor Mosque.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has begun monitoring eight separate cases of alleged discrimination against Muslims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) since May 2010, according to a report issued Tuesday.

"We see a spike, regrettably," said Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez in a speech before the American Constitution Society. A spokeswoman declined to name the individual investigations, but confirmed that the department was monitoring those cases and had not yet opened full investigations.

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