A 1944 Massachusetts federal case ended the Muslim naturalization ban

Evidence

A case involving a Muslim petitioner from Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Mohriez (Ex Parte Mohriez, 54 F. Supp. 941), argued within the District Court of Massachusetts, ended the longstanding Muslim naturalization ban in 1944. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 660

Categorization

• XREF: The originating legal moment of naturalization exclusion the reader’s guiding question targets — the hinge point where Muslims were legally barred from citizenship. — connects to: Muslims were barred from US citizenship from 1790 to 1944 — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 147; Modern Islamophobia is rooted in a 154-year naturalization ban and judicial memory — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 200
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 660

Broader Connections

• Muslims were barred from US citizenship from 1790 to 1944 #expands (0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 147
• Modern Islamophobia is rooted in a 154-year naturalization ban and judicial memory #responds-to (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 200