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Muslim woman sues judge in headscarf incident
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
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A 32-year-old Muslim woman from Dearborn Heights filed a federal lawsuit today against a Wayne County judge, claiming he forced her to take off her hijab, an Islamic headscarf, during a court appearance in June.
“I felt very discriminated and humiliated,” Raneen Albaghdady said at a press conference in Southfield at the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. “I was hurt.”
Albaghdady is a native of Iraq who works as a fashion designer.
Her attorney, Nabih Ayad, said for a Muslim woman to be asked to remove her hijab in public, “is very demeaning.”
Muslim women who wear hijab don’t usually reveal their hair to men outside their family.
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Read Comments(101) Recommend(10)PrintE-mailLetter to editorShare
A 32-year-old Muslim woman from Dearborn Heights filed a federal lawsuit today against a Wayne County judge, claiming he forced her to take off her hijab, an Islamic headscarf, during a court appearance in June.
“I felt very discriminated and humiliated,” Raneen Albaghdady said at a press conference in Southfield at the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. “I was hurt.”
Albaghdady is a native of Iraq who works as a fashion designer.
Her attorney, Nabih Ayad, said for a Muslim woman to be asked to remove her hijab in public, “is very demeaning.”
Muslim women who wear hijab don’t usually reveal their hair to men outside their family.
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