Showing posts with label Hijab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hijab. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Tennesse County Sued by Woman Who Was Required to Remove Hijab for Booking Photo

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Suit was filed this week in a Tennessee federal district court by a Muslim woman who was required by Knox County, Tennessee Sheriff's Of...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Muslim Woman Can Move Ahead on Some Challenges to Sheriff's Booking Photo Policy

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In Hague v. Kent County ,  (WD MI, Sept. 9, 2024), plaintiff, a Muslim woman, challenged the Kent County, Michigan, Sheriff Office's pol...
Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Class Action By Muslim Women Against NYPD Settled for $17.5M

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 AP reports that New York City has agreed to settle the class action damage claim in Clark v. City of New York for $17.5 million. The suit ...
Friday, January 26, 2024

County Revises Policy on Religious Head Coverings in Booking Photos in Settlement of Suit by Muslim Woman

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In a Settlement Agreement ( full text ) in Johnston v. Rutherford County, Tennessee,  (MD TN, 1/18/2024), the county has agreed to pay $100...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

EEOC Sues Chipotle For Manager's Harassment of Muslim Teen

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 The EEOC announced that last week it filed a Title VII suit against the restaurant chain Chipotle contending that a manager at a Kansas re...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

European Court OK's Company Rule Neutrally Banning Wearing of All Signs of Religious Belief

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 In L.F. v. S.C.R.L ., EU EDJ, Oct. 13, 2022), the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in a request from Belgium for a preliminary...
Monday, September 05, 2022

Qualified Immunity Denied In Muslim Woman's Challenge To Jail's Booking Photo Policy

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In Chaaban v. City of Detroit, Michigan Department of Corrections , (ED MI, Sept. 2, 2022), a Michigan federal district court denied a motio...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

5th Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity Defense Of Prison Officials Who Confiscated Hijab

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In Taylor v. Nelson ,  (5th Cir., Aug. 2, 2022), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas prison authorities who confiscated a ...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Michigan City Revises Policy On Hijab In Booking Photos

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CAIR-Michigan announced yesterday that a settlement has been reached with the city of Ferndale in a suit charging the Ferndale police depar...
Wednesday, May 04, 2022

European Court Says Belgium Can Protect Religion and Religious Beliefs Of Employees

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In LF v. SCRL ,  (CJEU, April 28, 2022), the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a recommended answer to a...
Friday, March 18, 2022

New Ohio Law Allows Religious Apparel For Student Athletes

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On Feb. 28, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 181 ( full text ) which allows students to wear religious apparel while c...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Indian Court Upholds Hijab Ban In Schools and Colleges

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As reported by CBS News : The top court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Tuesday upheld a ban on hijabs, or Muslim headscarves, ...
Friday, March 04, 2022

French High Court Upholds Ban On Lawyers Wearing Religious Garb In Court

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France's Court of Cassation , one of the country's four courts of last resort, this week upheld a rule of the Lille bar association ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Muslim Woman Sues Gun Range For Religious Discrimination

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A religious discrimination suit was filed yesterday in a Missouri federal district court against a "faith, family and freedom" bas...
Thursday, October 07, 2021

Woman Required To Remove Hijab Loses Suit Against Security Guard and County

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In Niblett v. Universal Protection Service, LP,  (CD CA, Oct. 5, 2021), a California federal district court dismissed a damage action by a M...
Sunday, September 19, 2021

Muslim Women Can Move Ahead With Suit Challenging NYPD Arrest Photo Policy

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In Clark v. City of New York ,  (SD NY, Sept. 17, 2021), a New York federal district court allowed two Muslim women to move ahead with their...
Thursday, September 09, 2021

Muslim Woman Can Move Ahead With Suit Over Required Removal Of Hijab For Booking Photo

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 In Chaaban v. City of Detroit ,  (EDMI, Sept. 7, 2021), a Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photograph after he...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

EU Court of Justice Says Neutral Ban On Employees Wearing Any Religious Or Political Symbols Is Permitted

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In IX v. WABE eV ,  (CJ EU, July 15, 2021), the Court of Justice of the European Union gave preliminary rulings in two cases from German Lab...
Monday, December 14, 2020

Austria's Constitutional Court Strikes Down Assisted Suicide Ban; Hijab Ban For Young Girls

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Last Friday, Austria's Constitutional Court issued two important decisions. It held it unconstitutional to prohibit assisting suicide.  ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

NYPD Settles Suit Over Religious Head Coverings In Mug Shots

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  The Hill  reported yesterday that the New York City Police Department has settled a lawsuit filed against it by two Muslim women last year...