Posted on 12/06/2007 11:19:26 AM PST by casino66
Los Angeles - A Muslim woman arrested for riding a commuter train without a valid ticket has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States, claiming her religious freedom was violated when she was forced to remove her headscarf when she was taken to jail.
Jameelah Medina also said she was intimidated by a deputy who accused her of being a terrorist and called Islam an "evil" religion, according to the suit filed on Wednesday in US District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
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I feel discriminated too I want to build a Church in Pakistan and somehow (I could be wrong), I feel they won’t let me because I am Christian.
She can go back to where ever it is she came from so no one will “harass” her.
Poor as in incompetent?............
Hehehe....yeah that too!!
The Sharia law in Nigeria calls for this form of punishment -- the amputation of the limbs of thieves.
The enlightened and smarter than everyone else left needs to see this up close and personal... Then maybe they will stfu.
Bill O'Reilly is an entertainer... therefore, a liberal. Therefore, someone to be ignored... as I've done for the past 4 years.
Most in talk radio and tv are liberal entertainers.
Steven Colbert is at least honest about spoofing conservatives. The rest are just a* holes.
I always thought BO was about a person who needed a bath.
They only see in two diminsions too.
and also for being in a vehicle with males who are not her relatives.
Geeze, I thought he meant thieves.
I think we have a professional victim here, or at least someone who is very much vested in her victimhood. See: http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/temp_fn.asp?volumeFN=21&issueFN=02&typeFN=f
C'mon, Why can't we all just get along?, Let's have a group hug, ok, and then...and then maybe we could sing a chorus or 2 of Kum Bi Ya? Waddaya say...hah?
“Why can’t we all just get along?”
Because people making remarks like that hurt everyone on FR.
Was she traveling without a male relative? Big no-no in Sharia. 39 lashes for that one!
Oh don’t give me that, your a racistbigothomophobe.
Now I know what argument to use if I am deadbeat riding on a train without a ticket...
Doesn’t the deputy have freedom of speech? Can’t he give his opinion? Or is speech going to limited based on the sensitivity of some very sensitive people? BTW, if this women is so concerned with her religion, why didn’t she f******** BUY A TICKET?
You mean if we go further down the road than Britain? Hard to do! I pray we don’t go down that road...
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