Protesters demanding an end to the Muslim ban.
  • Press Release

Muslim Ban rescinded, but other Islamophobic laws remain

The Othering & Belonging Institute welcomes President Biden's rescission of the infamous Muslim Ban, but urges that much more be done to reverse the proliferation of anti-Muslim policies at the federal and state levels over the past two decades.
Cover page of Muslim Ban law review article
  • Journal Article
  • May 21, 2020

The Muslim Ban Cases

On January 27, 2017, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that banned individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries from entry into the United States. The district and circuit courts’ subsequent refusals to sanction...