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  • Muslim woman sues sheriff

    09/05/2007 5:52:52 AM PDT · by jdm · 80 replies · 1,842+ views
    ocRegister ^ | August 05, 2007 | By PEGGY LOWE
    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,...