Posted on 09/05/2007 5:52:52 AM PDT by jdm
An Anaheim woman filed a federal lawsuit against the Orange County Sheriff's Department today, claiming her religious rights were violated when deputies forced her to remove her hijab, or head scarf.
Deputies insisted Souhair Khatib, 33, who is Muslim; remove her scarf when she was being booked into a county jail in connection with a probation violation. Islam dictates that women must wear the hijab, which covers a woman's hair and neck, for reasons of modesty.
Khatib was seen by deputies and other men from her mosque without her covering, causing her extreme emotional distress, her lawsuit says.
"For Souhair, to have her head uncovered in public – particularly in the presence of men who are not part of her immediate family – is a serious breach of faith and a deeply humiliating and defiling experience," the suit says.
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Khatib, a U.S. citizen who emigrated from Lebanon, along with her husband, Amro Khatib, 32, were in Orange County Superior Court's north courthouse on Nov. 1, 2006, to seek an extension on their community service. The couple had pleaded guilty in June 2006 to a misdemeanor violation of welfare fraud and were sentenced to three years probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community service.
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The ACLU later filed a public records request with the sheriff's department, seeking a policy statement for religious clothing for the incarcerated, but were told there was no document, said Hector Villagra, director of the ACLU's Orange County office. Villagra said he found that "astonishing" since the U.S. Department of Justice has a policy that allows Muslim women to have three hijabs while in custody.
too f’n bad!
Is a Muslim woman allowed to sue a man?
LOL. I don’t know - you may be on to something there! :)
She wasn’t too modest to commit the crime she was on probation for, nor was she too to violate that probation either.
Kinda hard to take that mug shot with the burka on, babe.
Jeez, I’m glad I don’t belong to a religion that tells me who can and can’t look at me.
America is an open society. If you are not open to America then get the hell out and go back to where you came from.
Oh, wait. It's California.
He most likely told her to put it back on quick.
Does her religion say anything against welfare fraud? /s
Would this not violate the "Liberal Creed" of SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?
The ACLU seems to be searching for that which they protest............
Khatib was seen by deputies and other men from her mosque without her covering, causing her extreme emotional distress
9/11 Welfare fraud and probation violators cause me emotional distress maybe I should sue her.
The enemy within.
Anti-Christian Lawyers Union.
“to have her head uncovered in public – particularly in the presence of men who are not part of her immediate family – is a serious breach of faith and a deeply humiliating and defiling experience”
but thats only a breach of outdated practice.
Who'd she have to show her ankles to to get citizenship?
I have trouble understanding the perspective of someone who thinks they can get away with hiding their identity after they’ve been convicted of a crime and after they’ve been re-arrested for violating their probation for said crime.
That’s one interesting mindset.
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