Defense Department Agrees To Allow Muslim Cadets To Wear Hijabs

Orland Sentinel ^ | December 22, 2011 | jeff kunerth

[Steelfish]

Defense Department Agrees To Allow Muslim Cadets To Wear Hijabs Jeff Kunerth December, 22 2011 1

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that the Department of Defense will begin allowing Muslim and Sikh students who wear an Islamic head scarf (hijab) or a turban to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC).

“We welcome the fact that Muslim and Sikh students nationwide will now be able to participate fully in JROTC leadership activities while maintaining their religious beliefs and practices,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.

In October, the Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization wrote to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta after a 14-year-old Muslim student at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn., was forced to transfer out of a JROTC class when her commanding officers told her she could not wear hijab while marching in the September homecoming parade.

CAIR requested constitutionally-protected religious accommodations for the girl and for future Muslim JROTC participants.

In a Dec. 19 letter sent to CAIR, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Larry Stubblefield wrote:

”I have been asked to respond on behalf of the Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta to your October 13, 2011 letter concerning Miss Demin Zawity’s request to wear a religious head covering (hijab) while participating in an Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) event at Ravenwood High School.

[Steelfish]

Where the hell is the Republican Leadership on all of this? Oh, wait a minute. We don’t have one.

[no-to-illegals]

Another perfect example of cair doesn't cair (care).

[Iron Munro]

[Venturer]

The DOD is merely doing what their Muslim Commander In Chief, wants them to do.

What else do you expect, Give us this Kenyan for another 4 years and we will Have Sharia law in many parts of this country.

[Dante3]

Yet another reason why any of the GOP candidates is an improvement over Obama. Somebody posted that Obama is mocking this country - and this is another example.

[boomop1]

Defense Dept my ass this is Obama nation

[Political Junkie Too]

I guess that the word "uniform" no longer means one form for all?

-PJ

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Allahu Akbar!

[bgill]

The Defense Dept. is wacked.

[Steamburg]

More importantly, how the hell did they ever become cadets? Exactly, what is going on in that cesspool on the Delaware?

[Don Corleone]

BORDER...LANGUAGE....CULTURE!!!!

[healy61]

Just like you Fred, finding the good in everything. LOL

[TNoldman]

Muslim percentages by country

[Celtman]

Obama nation

LOL.  I like it.

But the trend did not start with Barach Hussein Obama. 

• Under Bush 41:
  • Restored a hereditary islamic kingdom (Kuwait)
• Under Clinton:
  • Bombed a Christian nation (Serbia) back to the dark ages, facilitating the islamic anshutz of Kosovo.
• Under Bush 43:
  • Toppled a dictatorship (yes, he was a scumball) in Iraq, and then allowed it to be replaced by a sharia based regime (red death pond scum).
• Under our current POTUS:
  • Toppled another scumbag dictatorship in Lybia.  (The replacement is still a little fuzzy, but I expect it to resolve to another Sharia nation.)
  • Declared (through the Vice-POTUS) that the Taliban is not our enemy.

Our Department of Defense is defending who against what?

[Publius6961]

What an absurd exercise in total political correctness and abysmal ignorance.

By all mainstream muslim definition, a muslim can NEVER pledge allegiance to any group or entity that places islam second.

Since islam is an inseperable Political System as well as a Military one and a list of minute rules for living one's life, it would need to become something different (unlikely) before a military member can honestly pledge allegiance to the United States of America, and to her institutions, including the Constitution.

But it does make the clueless feel good.

Rotsa Ruck!

[yldstrk]

big big mistake

[Elsiejay]

“Then their families will sue the military for damages. Then the rule will change.” ???????

Are you kidding??!! Change?

[Pride in the USA]

There is just nothing left to say.

[CrazyIvan]

Why not let the infiltrators label themselves?

[Wurlitzer]

Great it will be much easier to identify the enemy when the shooting begins.