Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Mar. 23, 2011
One Step Closer to a 'More Perfect Union’
In a victory for religious freedom, a Muslim woman wins the right to wear her headscarf in a detention facility.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
In the midst of a national debate over the rights of Muslims to equal protection of the law, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has extended federal protection to the wearing of a religious headscarf while in pretrial detention.
Souhair Khatib, a practicing Muslim, in accordance with her religious beliefs, wears a hijab, or headscarf, covering her hair and neck when in public. Khatib and her husband pled guilty in Orange County Superior Court to a misdemeanor violation of Calif...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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