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Council on American-Islamic Relations
CAIR: Calif. Muslim Denied Service at Bank over Hijab
February 22nd, 2009
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to determine whether a California bank violated a Muslim woman's civil rights when it denied her service because she was wearing a religiously-mandated head scarf, or hijab. According to the woman, she was denied service Saturday at a Navy Federal Credit Union in San Diego, Calif., despite telling bank officials that she wears her head scarf for religious reasons. In a statement, the bank said: "In the interest of Security and Safety for our members and employees -- hats, hoods and sunglasses must be removed when entering the branch office....
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-02-22)
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