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Clothing
CAIR demands changes after Muslim woman was deprived of head covering in Santa Clara County jail Woman said deputies forcibly took her hijab and that she had to resort to substituting with a sweater then a shirt after she didn’t get it back
(Mercury News) One of the region’s preeminent Muslim rights groups is demanding immediate policy and training changes based on a woman’s account that her hijab was forcibly removed while she was booked into a Santa Clara County jail, prompting her to resort […]
Government & Politics
The defense secretary revoked a plea deal in the 9/11 case. Or did he? How the latest controversy in the long-running death-penalty case at Guantánamo Bay could play out.
(NY Times) In rapid succession, two dramatic decisions jolted the Sept. 11 case this summer: a plea agreement that exchanged life sentences for guilty pleas, and its reversal. What happens next in the case is up to the judge, who has to […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Trump administration weighing immigration ban on members of Islamic extremist groups
(Breitbart) Top Trump administration officials are drafting plans to restrict both temporary visits and legal immigration by Muslims affiliated with the revolutionary Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups. “We are taking a new look at sections within the INA [Immigration and Nationality […]