San Bernardino County agrees to jail headscarves

by Gillian Flaccus
San Jose Mercury News
November 3, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1025/san-bernardino-county-agrees-to-jail-headscarves

Excerpt:

San Bernardino County will allow jailed Muslim women to wear headscarves after settling a lawsuit with a woman who alleged her religious freedoms were violated when she was forced to remove her hijab during a 12-hour jail stay, her attorney said Monday.

The county, which did not admit wrongdoing, will also pay $45,000 in damages, according to a settlement agreement signed by the county last week and released Monday.

Plaintiff Jameelah Medina will get $10,000 after subtracting attorney fees, said Hector Villagra, director of the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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