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Detroit Judge sued over Muslim headscarf incident
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by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | August 26, 2009 at 05:54 pm
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Detroit: Free Press
A 32-year-old Muslim woman from Dearborn Heights filed a federal lawsuit today against a Wayne County judge, claiming he forced her to take off her hijab, an Islamic headscarf, during a court appearance in June. . .
Albaghdady said she is a native of Iraq who works as a fashion designer and is part Shi’ite and part Sunni.
She was in court before Wayne County Circuit Judge William Callahan in Detroit on June 16 to change her name. She said she had previously changed her name because her family had fled oppressive rule under Saddam Hussein and was scared of retaliation.
Her attorney, Nabih Ayad, said at the press conference that it “is very demeaning” for a Muslim woman to be asked to remove her hijab in public.
This is being handled as a discrimination case. This brings to mind a case in the public school system in Paris, several years ago, when Muslim female students were asked to remove their head-dresses during school hours . It seemed they were inciting French students to inflammatory remarks. The Muslim students believed it was a case of religious discrimination. What are the general thoughts on this, if any? I think an additional factor of note is that she escaped Hussein's discrimination, only to re-encounter it here; althought the two, in fairness, are not to be compared, certainly. . . Just opining.
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at 05:35 on August 27th, 2009
On what grounds was she asked to remove her scarf?
at 06:29 on August 27th, 2009
I cannot seem to get clear on that. I think the Judge wanted her to not wear it during the proceedings, and she viewed it as discrimination; that he was trying to demean her, like asking someone to remove a baseball cap in court, which would be justified.
at 13:04 on August 27th, 2009
wow she is so cute and sweet can i have her man i think callahan callashet is a arab muslim hater he have no wrigt to make her take her hejab oh the scarf is same as hejab
at 17:56 on September 7th, 2009
I think if she was Amish the Judge would not dare ask her to remove her headscarf.
at 04:42 on September 8th, 2009
You are most likely right on that!