Caprice Hollins is the former director of equity and race relations for the Seattle school district. The office has established a committee to examine the needs of Muslim students in public schools. She now works at a consulting firm providing culturally relevant professional development and consulting services to organizations seeking to improve their skills in effectively engaging all […]

Ron Griffen is the principal of L.V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas, which began allowing prayer during lunch breaks after a Muslim student filed a 2005 lawsuit against a school policy banning prayer.

Michael Steinberg is legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

Charles Russo is the author of the textbook Reutter’s The Law of Public Education and an adjunct professor of law at Dayton University in Dayton, Ohio. He has said that religious accommodation for Muslims will be a growing issue as the U.S. population continues to become more diverse.

The Muslim Students Association at the University of Michigan in Dearborn installed footbaths for Muslim students.

Dr. Wayel Azmeh is a cardiologist who heads the Dayton, Ohio, chapter of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

The Muslim Students Association at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has an on-campus prayer room.

Bruce Dierenfield is a professor of history at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. He is the author of The Battle Over School Prayer: How Engel v. Vitale Changed America (2007).

At The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan, a Catholic, wrote a post about his dying friend Christopher Hitchens.