Abdur-Ra'oof v. Department of Corrections

This case is before us for the second time. Previously, we concluded that a prison policy directive that prohibited prisoners from leaving work assignments for Friday afternoon Juma’ah prayer services and two congregational services, Eid-al-Fitrah, and Eid-al-Adha, 1 was neither arbitrary nor irrational and did not violate plaintiffs’ rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Abdur-Ra’oof v Dep’t of Corrections, 208 Mich App 626; 528 NW2d 840 (1995). The Supreme Court, in lieu of granting leave to appeal, remanded the case for…