04 February 2015

Woman wearing hijab claims harassment on Delta flight

An Arab-American Muslim woman from Dearborn who wears an Islamic head scarf, or hijab, said she was harassed by another passenger on an airplane and then told by a flight attendant to move.

Darlene Hider, 32, of Dearborn said she was with her four kids and husband on a Delta Air Lines flight on Monday from Florida back to Detroit when another woman yelled at her, "This is America!" and insulted her because of her Islamic faith. [Detroit Free Press] Read more