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The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Hasson named The Becket Fund after Thomas Becket, who was murdered in 1170, after a possible misunderstanding and a long series of altercations and events between the English monarch and state, the papacy, other clergy and Becket.

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Notable clients include the nation's oldest Hindu temple, the Hindu Temple Society of North America, in Flushing, New York City, Prison Fellowship International, Muslim students in Richardson, Texas, seeking to pray the dhuhr prayer on the campus of Lloyd V. Berkner High School, and a Zen Buddhist silent meditation center in New York state that neighbors claimed would make too much noise.

Tiburon, California

The synagogue retained The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty which threatened litigation depending on the outcome.

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