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Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2009 12:00 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 June 2009 12:00
From the Baltimore Sun:
Muslim women and others who wear face coverings for religious purposes can be required to remove the garb to enter courthouses, Maryland’s attorney general has determined in a legal opinion, raising concerns among civil liberties advocates about how the practice will be carried out.
The opinion addresses a sensitive issue that has sparked debate and outcry in recent years, including protests over the French government’s ban several years ago on the Muslim hijab, or head scarf, or any religious apparel in public schools, and questions raised in the United States about the right of Muslim women to wear head coverings in driver’s license photos and in courtrooms.