26 December 2011

Muslim cadets WILL be allowed to wear hijab after 14 year old forced to quit

Following the case of a 14-year-old Muslim high school student who was who was forced to leave her Junior ROTC unit, because she could not remove her head scarf to take part in the homecoming parade, the Defense Department has reviewed its uniform policy, it emerged last week.

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) wrote to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to ask for religious accommodations, as protected by the constitution, for Demin Zawity and future Muslim cadets at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, in Tennessee. [MailOnline] Read more