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Council on American-Islamic Relations
CAIR: AG Holder Asked to Address Constitutionality of MN, OK Hijab Bans
March 22nd, 2009
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today asked Attorney General Eric Holder to determine whether proposed legislation in Minnesota and Oklahoma prohibiting religiously-mandated head scarves, or hijab, in driver's license photographs would violate the Constitution. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said that, if passed into law, both bills would infringe on the First Amendment rights of Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and members of other faiths who wear religious head coverings. SEE: Bill in Legislature Prompts Dispute Over Muslim Women's Headscarves http://tinyurl.com/b3lrem The...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-03-22)
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