The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) indefatigably pushes the notion that Muslims are victims of widespread harassment and discrimination in the U.S. This is in order to deflect attention away from jihad terror activity and to buttress the notion that counter-terror scrutiny of Muslim communities is simply more of this persecution. But actual “hate crimes” against Muslims are so thin on the ground that they have to be manufactured, as in this case. “MDOC says it is their policy is that all head coverings come off for photos.” That applies to everyone, not just to Muslim women, and is for security reasons, not due to “Islamophobia.” But last December in Minnesota, a Muslim woman was awarded $120,000 for having to remove her hijab for a jailhouse mugshot. These lawsuits are a cash cow for Hamas-linked CAIR and its clients.
“Muslim woman sues city of Detroit, MDOC for being made to remove headscarf in booking photo,” by Jessica Dupnack, Fox2 Detroit, October 6, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
DETROIT (FOX 2) – In 2018 Zainab Chaaban was arrested and lodged at the Detroit Detention Center. Like all inmates, a booking photo was taken. Per policy, they asked her to remove her headscarf.
“It would be akin to having someone completely (unclothe) and be naked and have a picture taken,” said Amy Doukoure. “Our client adamantly protested for a couple of hours that she was not going to remove her headscarf and she was threatened with disciplinary procedures.”
Chaaban’s attorney Amy Doukoure, with the Council of American Islamic Relations, says she eventually took it off, something her Muslim faith forbids in front of men that aren’t family.
“She was exposed without her headscarf on, to two men viewing her, and then she was later forced to put that photo on a wristband that she was forced to wear around the facility,” Doukoure said.
Chaaban is filing suit against the Michigan Department of Corrections and the city of Detroit. MDOC says it is their policy is that all head coverings come off for photos.
“A headscarf similar to what I’m wearing today is a lot less intrusive than somebody wearing, say, a full beard or mustache,” Doukoure said.
Chaaban was found not guilty of the domestic-related charges against her, but her booking photo without a headscarf lives on in the public record….
Detroit police and the city responded with a statement saying they are not responsible for taking booking photos for anybody entering the Detroit Detention Center – and are seeking to be dismissed from the lawsuit.