CLEVELAND, Ohio (RWN) - Darren Cubi, the head of the Black Robes in the Midwest, has requested a national day for prayer for Black Robes who have fallen in the line of duty.

"These men have made the highest sacrifice in our religion," Cubi said yesterday, "and though they are with perfumed virgins in heaven, we should do something for them on earth."

Just this year, Cubi has lost four of his officers responsible for enforcing religious practices. Mustafa Zacour, a Black Robe officer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was killed in January while investigating whether a company's food products labeled as "halal," are safe for Muslims. He was found stabbed to death outside a food distribution warehouse. No one has been arrested in connection with the murder.