Enaam Arnaout v. Helen J. Marberry

Order

In 2005 Enaam Arnaout, a Sunni Muslim who is a federal prisoner, decided that because no one else was available to teach other inmates Arabic, so that they could read the Qur’an and say the five daily prayers correctly, he would teach them himself. Doing so violated a prison rule that forbids inmates to organize and lead any meeting without approval. A prison disciplinary board revoked 14 days of Ar-naout’s good-time credits. He sought review by writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, contending that the Constitution’s first amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42…