The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has filed a lawsuit against the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office for civil rights violations. This follows the forced removal of hijabs from Muslim women Serine Abuelhawa and Marjannah Hassan during an arrest at a pro-Palestine protest in Portland in June 2024. Abuelhawa expressed her objections to male deputies photographing them without their hijabs, a significant religious concern. The resulting booking photos were placed into a law enforcement database, which the lawsuit claims violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is suing the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office for civil rights violations, after deputies forced two Muslim women to remove their hijabs and then photographed them without their head coverings in 2024.
Abuelhawa objected to removing her hijab in front of male deputies. It's considered inappropriate for Muslim women to be seen without their hijab by men outside of their immediate family.
The lawsuit says that by photographing the two women, the Sheriff's Office violated their rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Forcing these young women to remove their hijabs was a clear violation of their dignity and religious freedom, Gadeir Abbas stated.
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