Federal Court: Non-Muslim Cops Can Be Ordered To Attend Mosque

[SuMar]

That is not Freedom of Religion! That is is Religious Tyranny!!

Where's the atheist outcry on this one? Weird, they only seem to go full retard when a cross is involved.

Would a Muslim police officer's rights be violated if he was forced to attend a Christian church? I bet the court would have ruled differently...

Federal Court: Non-Muslim Cops Can Be Ordered To Attend Mosque - Fox Nation​

 

[Chuckt]

More information is needed, please.

 

[JakeStarkey]

By Bob Unruh, WND

A panel of federal judges in Denver, in an opinion written by Judge Harris Hartz, found that it is perfectly appropriate for a police chief to order subordinates to attend an Islamic mosque where Muslims “discussed Islamic beliefs, Muhammad, Mecca, and why and how Muslims pray” in addition to encouraging officers “to buy” Islamic books and pamphlets that were for sale.

The ruling came on Thursday from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by Capt. Paul Fields, who had been ordered by Tulsa police officials to either go to a special event at the local mosque himself, or order others to do that.

Fields refused based on religious freedom objections and was punished for that.

The order, in the furthering of duties to watch certain suspect groups, is certainly legal.

Fields refused because he belongs to a militia

 

[Avatar4321]

Why would an officer need to be ordered to go to a mosque unless he was there to investigate something?

And if he is in an official or undercover capacity, why would he object to it?

 

[Moonglow]

The fellow was ordered by his superior to do this task and he said no, now he has to find another job,OKC is just down the road..

 

[Chuckt]

That is not Freedom of Religion! That is is Religious Tyranny!!

Where's the atheist outcry on this one? Weird, they only seem to go full retard when a cross is involved.

Would a Muslim police officer's rights be violated if he was forced to attend a Christian church? I bet the court would have ruled differently...

Federal Court: Non-Muslim Cops Can Be Ordered To Attend Mosque - Fox Nation​

Ah. Force instead of friendship.
The establishment of religion based on racial bias.

 

[jillian]

By Bob Unruh, WND

A panel of federal judges in Denver, in an opinion written by Judge Harris Hartz, found that it is perfectly appropriate for a police chief to order subordinates to attend an Islamic mosque where Muslims “discussed Islamic beliefs, Muhammad, Mecca, and why and how Muslims pray” in addition to encouraging officers “to buy” Islamic books and pamphlets that were for sale.

The ruling came on Thursday from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by Capt. Paul Fields, who had been ordered by Tulsa police officials to either go to a special event at the local mosque himself, or order others to do that.

Fields refused based on religious freedom objections and was punished for that.

The order, in the furthering of duties to watch certain suspect groups, is certainly legal.

Fields refused because he belongs to a militia

in other words it was job training and the militia bigot got cranky?

waaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[jillian]

That is not Freedom of Religion! That is is Religious Tyranny!!

Where's the atheist outcry on this one? Weird, they only seem to go full retard when a cross is involved.

Would a Muslim police officer's rights be violated if he was forced to attend a Christian church? I bet the court would have ruled differently...

Federal Court: Non-Muslim Cops Can Be Ordered To Attend Mosque - Fox Nation​

no wackadoodle, it is not tyranny.

i'd fire his bigoted butt just because I would assume he couldn't do the job without being prejudiced against, and mistreating, the people he had to watch.

is he being forced to practice islam?

no.

is he being forced to attend a service so he meets and understands the people he is surveiling?

yes.

 

[bodecea]

By Bob Unruh, WND

A panel of federal judges in Denver, in an opinion written by Judge Harris Hartz, found that it is perfectly appropriate for a police chief to order subordinates to attend an Islamic mosque where Muslims “discussed Islamic beliefs, Muhammad, Mecca, and why and how Muslims pray” in addition to encouraging officers “to buy” Islamic books and pamphlets that were for sale.

The ruling came on Thursday from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by Capt. Paul Fields, who had been ordered by Tulsa police officials to either go to a special event at the local mosque himself, or order others to do that.

Fields refused based on religious freedom objections and was punished for that.

The order, in the furthering of duties to watch certain suspect groups, is certainly legal.

Fields refused because he belongs to a militia

in other words it was job training and the militia bigot got cranky?

waaaaaaaaaaaaa

I don't understand the need for job training....it's more fun to just imagine what muslims are like when you deal with them.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Why would an officer need to be ordered to go to a mosque unless he was there to investigate something?

And if he is in an official or undercover capacity, why would he object to it?

The Mosque was honoring police for protecting them from prior threats of violence.


Bloomberg Law - Document - Fields v. City of Tulsa, No. 12-5218, 2014 BL 143684 (10th Cir. May 22, 2014), Court Opinion

From the decision:

The material facts are undisputed. At the time of the events in question, Captain Fields commanded 26 officers and five supervisors. The chain of command above him was Major Julie Harris, Deputy Chief Webster, and Chief Jordan.

For more than 23 years TPD had engaged in community policing, in which it participated in events to build trust with the local community. As part of that mission, TPD accepted requests to attend about 3,500 community events between 2004 and 2011. Some 327 of those events were at religious venues or institutions affiliated with religious faiths, and between 2009 and 2011 there were an additional 25 meetings attended by community-education officers at religious venues or sponsored by religious organizations.

In 2010 the FBI notified the Islamic Society of a threat against it. Over the following months TPD worked to protect the mosque and the school next door. When the threat was over, the Islamic Society decided to hold an event to thank TPD for its help. During the planning stages, Webster advised Sheryl Siddiqui, a representative of the Islamic Society, that TPD officers might not be interested in or willing to tour the mosque or discuss Islam and that the invitation should make discussion of any topic discretionary.​

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[whitehall]

What can you say? The world is upside down especially in the pot-head capital of the US.