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.

QUESTION: Why did the ban persist so long, and via what legal reasoning did Ex Parte Mohriez finally overturn it?

Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Unde…, loc. 660