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Battle of the Scarf Comes to America
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Looks like the battle of the scarf, waged from Turkey to Britain, may now be hitting the Homeland. A woman in Michigan (it of large Muslim population) was refused a hearing in court unless she removed her headscarf. Now she's won a reprieve.

A Muslim woman who lost her small-claims case after she refused to remove her veil in court has been granted a new hearing.
Ginnnah Muhammad, 42, of Detroit, plans to wear a niqab – a scarf and veil that covers her head and face, leaving only the eyes visible – at her Feb. 21 hearing.
Muhammad wants to contest a rental car company's $2,750 charge to repair a vehicle that she said had been broken into by thieves. “I'm hoping that the judge ... listens to my case and judges the case on its merits, not on how I look,” Muhammad said.
In October, District Judge Paul Paruk told her he needed to see her face to determine her truthfulness and gave her a choice: take off the veil while testifying or have the case dismissed. She kept it on.

Labels: Islam, Religion in America

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