The Department of Defense has agreed to change its Army Junior ROTC uniform policy to permit Cadets to request to wear religious head coverings, such as the Sikh turban or Muslim hijab. The policy change comes after a 14-year old high school student in Tennessee was forced to transfer out of her JROTC class because her commanding officers refused to allow her to wear her hijab while marching in the September homecoming parade. A CAIR press release yesterday quotes a letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army announcing the new policy.
