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I see no problem with this article. There is nothing preventing her from wearing hijab on campus, she just needs some legal papers signed. Making a big deal out of little things like these is why we Muslims have also gained the title of “whiners” and “complainers.”
I carry my driver’s license everywhere I go. It says I am certified to drive, just as her papers say she is certified to wear hijab. It’s all good.

//Sammy
8 October 2013 at 2:05 pm

Does the college give any reasoning for these requirements? Is there a dress code for all students where they have to get letters okaying what they want to wear on the rest of their body? Can they wear short shorts, boys or girls, go shirtless or wear halter tops, see through tops, bare feet, bare a lot ? Do they only limit religious headgear? Is any other kind of headgear okay or is there some others that must have letters too before being worn on campus? Just curious!

//Marily Butcher
8 October 2013 at 2:44 pm

Sammy — You carry a drivers’ license because the vehicle you are operating is capable of killing someone if used incorrectly or carelessly.
So the connection to requiring this student to carry a hijab permit is what, exactly?

//batiya
8 October 2013 at 2:53 pm

I wonder, Sammy, how you’d feel if you were forced to carry papers allowing you to wear a cross, or Star of David. Carrying a driver’s license is a lot different than carrying permission to wear articles of faith.

//Leonor
8 October 2013 at 3:17 pm

One should not need papers to prove the right to wear tole not wear something.
Yes, it’s a private school, but last time I looked out the window, I aw a BIG American flag flying. We have a Constitution with a First amendment. THAT is the only paper she or I need to wear or not wear ANYTHING.
Even on the job more and more Muslim women are wearing hijab. I know of two retail stores in my county which have Muslim ladies as checkers, the Target store and a Safeway store.
Why is it whining if you insist on exercising your rights without harrasment.
A male Muslim can blend in a LOT more than a female, there are issues both within and outside the community which are ‘ladies only’

//Ajlin
8 October 2013 at 5:18 pm

Sammy? Whiner or complainer…did someone call you a whiner or complainer? Leave me out that one! Your logic is flawed ….oh stop, I am whining!! I am a Muslim….there you go……LOL!!

//Raidah
8 October 2013 at 5:19 pm

This article should never have been written, Islamophobia?? Antimuslaim?? Being a non Muslim, I think when I see stuff written like this article, I can only come to the conclusion the author is in the business of fear mongering. Attempting to spread resentment and all that can bring.

She applied to the school knowing the rules, she complied with the rules end of story. Muslims are not be signalled out, Jews wear the Kippah, Turbans are worn by several religions other than Muslim. They too would all need permisson.

Really, there are a lot bigger problems in the world. Lets try getting along and not spend so much time and efforts in fuelling further dispute.

//Bob
8 October 2013 at 8:55 pm

Having to prove you are a Muslim? No faith in faith? Doubting identity is very upsetting because it the core of your existence. What you think, do, believe just crushed by someone else’s rules.

//Silvajel
9 October 2013 at 2:53 am

Perhaps many of you are unaware that gang membership has frequently been marked in the African American community by headgear. Having a broad restriction on headgear can be seen as dealing with a very real problem in that community that interferes with the purpose of the college. Note ALL headgear must be cleared, be it the hijab or the turban or a yarmulke. It also appears the paperwork was not difficult to obtain. Many schools have dress codes and many more should but this one seems fair.

//Robert
9 October 2013 at 9:28 am

We as Muslims are very flexiable and open-minded people .
This is why we show our undestanding to others objection to our religion , but in the same time we know that we have the utter right to practice our religion everywhere .

//Israa
9 October 2013 at 5:08 pm

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