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Judge rules immigration officials violated pastor’s religious freedom rights
By Jack Jenkins — March 27, 2023
(RNS) — 'The government’s approach — stalling, gaslighting, even lying — was entirely unconvincing to the court, and I am thrilled for the vindication,' said the Rev. Kaji Douša.
Pastor asks federal court to sanction immigration officials
By Jack Jenkins — December 22, 2021
(RNS) — The request is part of an ongoing lawsuit in which the pastor accuses federal officials of violating her religious freedom by surveilling her after she officiated at immigrant weddings.
Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles
By Associated Press — August 18, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — A letter from Customs and Border Protection had initially informed the mosque that the tiles must be shipped back to Iran or destroyed.
Muslim refugee teen previously blocked from US arrives on Harvard campus
By Aysha Khan — September 3, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — The organization that granted the teen a scholarship said that the U.S. Embassy in Beirut had reissued a visa for him after reviewing his case.
Pastor surveilled after ministering to migrants sues US government
By Aysha Khan — July 9, 2019
(RNS) — A New York pastor, the Rev. Kaji Douša, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that U.S officials violated her religious freedom when she was put on a watchlist over her ministry to migrants at the border.
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