Shariff v. Rahman

Anne L. Kilbane, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment entered after a bench trial before Judge Kenneth R. Callahan. Appellants, Akbar Shariff, Ahmad Q. Hakim, and Edward Kamal (collectively, the “Dissidents”) claim that it was error to dismiss their claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress against Masjid Bilal, a Muslim mosque located in Cleveland, and its imam, Clyde Rahman, in dismissing their claim of “breach of covenant and bylaws” against Rahman, and in ruling in both defendants’ favor on a claim of assault and battery. We affirm.

{¶ 2} From the record we…