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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Woman Sues Police For Forcing Her To Remove Hijab [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)and I don't pretend to dictate to Muslimahs about their headgear. The LAW dictates religious exemptions and proscriptions (for which I'm glad since I hope to never watch a public ritual slaughter in my life). That was my point in indicating that the law can and does dictate the limits of religious "freedom" and was responding to your statements in post #20. There's a LOT of precedent.
And in this case the law is pretty clear on mug shots. It makes no difference what version of Islam a person practices.
Be that as it may, when/if this case goes to court my opinion on this won't matter one whit, the court will look at the religious text which does not stipulate a headscarf for women. That will play its role since constitutional religious exemptions do examine these things. If that "requirement" is not found, and especially since Islam does not have a central authority, they will rely heavily on the Prophet's own dictates, and the court will side with the police for a clear mug shot, sans headscarf, by whoever is the officer on duty imho.
I do think the case is interesting though and hope to see a follow up.
All that said, it seems silly and very vindictive that the police didn't wait for a female officer to get back to headquarters to take the shot.