Temple University and Philadelphia police are facing accusations of an attack on a Muslim student. This is after Johara Shamaa reported that her hijab was forcibly removed and that she was held without it for 20 hours after being arrested at a free Palestine campus demonstration on September 26. She said this is a violation […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Maryland chapter has lodged a civil rights complaint on behalf of a 12-year-old Muslim student. The student faced harassment, assaults, and forcible removal of her hijab at Mace’s Lane Middle School in Cambridge. The child’s mother Latoya Gibbs says her daughter was harassed by peers on the bus ride...
Protesters who were detained during an April 25 demonstration at Ohio State University have accused police of violating their religious rights. This is for forcibly removing their hijabs during arrests. Representing many of the 36 people arrested, Mazen Rasoul called the police’s actions suppressive and unjust. He also confirmed inciden...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has applauded the resolution of a lawsuit in Kentucky relating to the violation of a Muslim woman’s rights to hijab. The woman was allegedly forced to remove her headcover and subjected to a strip search livestream at Warren County Regional Jail. The civil rights organization this week confirmed the ...
