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Religious Freedom Isn’t Just for Christians | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [Christianity Today Connection]( [Home]( [Our Latest]( [Subscribe]( Wednesday, March 20, 2019 [Religious Freedom Isn’t Just for Christians]( [Religious Freedom Isn’t Just for Christians]( A Supreme Court cruelty reveals how we can love our neighbors. Ted Olsen Had Domineque Ray been a Christian, he’d have been executed with a chaplain kneeling by his side, praying with him. But Domineque Ray was not a Christian, and he did not want a Christian chaplain. He wanted his imam present in the execution chamber instead. At a January 23 meeting, the warden at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, refused Ray’s request. Ray’s imam, who has ministered at Holman for years, would have to watch the execution with the media. It’s ... 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