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packman

(16,296 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:40 PM Mar 2015

Woman sues police for hajab enforcement

Last edited Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Muslim woman refuses to take head scarf (hajab) and is now suing. Makes one think about how they handle orthodox Jewish men with their hats or Sikhs with their knives or Amish women wearing a head covering.


http://avideos.5min.com/2/200/5186200/518619961.mp4

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Woman sues police for hajab enforcement (Original Post) packman Mar 2015 OP
i would still like to see her sue a government in the middle east for forcing her to wear the hajib samsingh Mar 2015 #1
Was a government in the middle east Downwinder Mar 2015 #2
She lives in Dearborn, Michigan. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #5
Um, wouldn't this be fairly commonplace in Dearborn? KamaAina Mar 2015 #7
I think you mean hijab (head scarf). A hajib is a court official, equivalent to a chamberlain. Electric Monk Mar 2015 #3
LOL! cwydro Mar 2015 #4
Your right - getting old with thick fingers packman Mar 2015 #8
A traffic stop leads to a booking photo? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2015 #6
This story is from January and got a thrashing then riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #9

samsingh

(17,571 posts)
1. i would still like to see her sue a government in the middle east for forcing her to wear the hajib
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:50 PM
Mar 2015

see what happens

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
7. Um, wouldn't this be fairly commonplace in Dearborn?
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 05:59 PM
Mar 2015

The city outside Detroit has one of the largest Arab communities in the U.S. Many are Christian, but by no means all.

edit: Dearborn is, after all, the place where Mickey D's served halal McNuggets until a bunch of righties got their panties all wadded up over it.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
6. A traffic stop leads to a booking photo?
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 05:55 PM
Mar 2015

There's more to this story than just a scarf.

But, it makes no sense to have her remove it for a photo, because the photo won't be accurate. She probably always wears the scarf out of the house.

I'd guess the police would handle the booking of a Sikh or Orthodox Jew with the same sensitivity and grace.

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