Legal Opinion
El-Farra v. Sayyed
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 2, 2006No. 05-419PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jim Gunter, Justice.
In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court had subject-matter jurisdiction to entertain the claims of appellant, Monir El-Farra, a former Islamic minister, against the Islamic Center of Little Rock and the members of its executive committee, the appellees. The circuit court granted the appellees’ motion for summary judgment, dismissing the minister’s complaint with prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
Appellant is an Imam, which is a minister in the religion of Islam. In January of 2001, the Islamic Center of Little Rock (“ICLR”) hired…
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