Posted on 12/22/2011 2:32:40 PM PST by mandaladon
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced that the Department of Defense will now allow Muslim and Sikh students participating in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) to wear headscarves and turbans while in uniform.
The decision, announced Thursday, followed an October incident in which Muslim teen Demin Zawity quit JROTC when her commanding officer at a Brentwood, Tenn. high school would not allow her to wear her hijab in the homecoming parade.
CAIR later wrote to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta requesting “constitutionally-protected religious accommodations for the girl and for future Muslim JROTC participants.”
In a letter to the Muslim organization sent on Panetta’s behalf, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Larry Stubblefield explained that based on the incident that led Zawity to quit JROTC, the Army will now be making more accommodations for religious headwear in the training program.
“Based on your concerns, the Army has reviewed its JROTC uniform policy and will develop appropriate procedures to provide Cadets the opportunity to request the wear of religious head dress, such as the turban and hijab,” Stubblefield wrote in the letter, made public by CAIR. “This change will allow Miss Zawity and other students the chance to fully participate in the JROTC program.”
Army spokesman George Wright confirmed Stubblefield’s letter to CAIR and explained to The Daily Caller that while JROTC is affiliated with the Army, it is not actually a part of the Army. The new procedures will provide JROTC with a exemption method more similar to current Army procedure mandated through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
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Every single day obummer finds a way to stick it to the U.S.A.
This is madness.
In WWII the 5th Column tried to be invisible.
Only in 21st Century USA would it announce itself and dare anyone to call it what it is.
Apparently the USC IS a suicide pact.
We are so done.
I hope Santa leaves more ammo in my stocking.
The military wears uniforms for a reason, or at least they did in the past.
It is official. Sharia has won.
If I were a Sikh, I’d be PO’d at being lumped into that headress crowd.
This is suicidal insanity.
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I kind of remember catching hell for wearing a cross on a chain - a ‘going away’ gift from a grieving heart I left behind.
Anyhooo- Was told in not so nice terms that the ONLY thing around your neck was dog tags.
Not sure if that policy carried once out of Boot Camp, but being told NO once sufficed.
With this mind set, why is Hasan in jail and not declared a hero?
this country is already toast, some just haven’t realized it
Recall Americans and Englishmen singing "Onward Christian Soldiers?" What pray tell, will these Worthy Oriental Gentlefolk sing?
Our ancestors were not crazy when they divided the world into Islam and Christendom. The only place for Muslims in America is in the pages of the "National Geographic" in the school library. Islam wishes three things for us infidels: Conversion, Slavery, or Death.
Cool - this and the repealed DADT will go together well, doncha think?
Thanks Cold One,
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So, if I profess to be a Wiccan, does this mean I now can simply declare nudity to be my official uniform?
I saw a Sikh in Army uniform though with a turban and dagger at Fort Lewis WA in early 1970.
Another plan by the admin? DADT repeal and Sharia? Who wins that one? I have a idea I know.
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