Dec 22 2008
Muslim Woman Arrested for Hijab in Georgia
Last week, Lisa Valentine attempted to accompany her nephew to a traffic citation hearing at a courthouse in Douglasville, Georgia when she was arrested at a security checkpoint. She was stopped by courtroom officials and was told she could not enter without first removing her head-scarf or hijab. Valentine, whose Muslim name is Miedah, promptly refused saying that it was in violation of her religious beliefs. She was then handcuffed and taken before Judge Keith Rollins who sentenced her to 10 days in jail for contempt of court. Valentine was released later that evening and said afterward that she felt stripped of her human and civil rights. Immediately following the incident, the Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a letter to Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker urging that Judge Rollins be sanctioned for his actions. CAIR’s National Legal Counsel argued that the judge’s actions were “in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of religion and equal protection under the law.†Like Valentine, other Muslim women have reportedly been ordered to remove their headscarves by Judge Rollins.
GUESTS: Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director with the Council on American Islamic Relations, Omar Farooq Hall, husband of woman arrested. For more information visit www.cair.com.
4 Responses to “Muslim Woman Arrested for Hijab in Georgia”
Lets not forget this upstanding Muslim woman was cussing out the sherriff’s deputies worse than a sailor. She wasn’t arrested for not taking off the scarf, she was arrested for the extreme verbal abuse she leveled at the court officers.
If she had acted like this in a Muslim country, 10 days confinement would have been a slap on the wrist compared to what the judges there would have done to her.
Oh – and don’t forget to report that this judge has a seperate court for people of Muslim faith that allows for their religious traditions.
Yeah – such a mean guy
[…] Muslim Woman Arrested for Hijab in GeorgiaLike Valentine, other Muslim women have reportedly been ordered to remove their headscarves by Judge Rollins. GUESTS: Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director with the Council on American Islamic Relations, Omar Farooq Hall, . […]
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