Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Muslim woman jailed for wearing headscarf


And this happened in America... not in some mixed up secular-muslim-majority country


"ATLANTA – A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta's west suburban outskirts"


Read entire story here

4 comments:

  1. Salaams Sis:

    I read that she was arrested for cussing at the sheriff as she left the courthouse.

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  2. Wa alaikum salaam Safiyyah, Actually yeah thats what it implies at the end of the yahoo article, "When she turned to leave and uttered an expletive, Hall said a bailiff handcuffed her and took her before the judge" but she shouldnt have been asked to remove it at all.

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