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NYPD ends policy requiring hijab removal for mug shots

Nov 14, 2020 9:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams 22 Comments

Once again the hijab, called a religious right by Muslims no matter what the circumstance, is in the news. This kind of case has been fought out in the courts before: Jihad Watch reported in 2018 that three Muslim women were awarded $60,000 each of taxpayer money for having to remove their hijab for mugshots.

As reported then:

The hijab has nothing to do with religious freedom. The Islamic veil represents the lower status of women in Islam: a woman is commanded in Quranic texts to be fully veiled lest she be abused (33:59). A Muslim woman may choose to wear a head covering, but for mugshots removing it is a necessity for proper identification, and in jail, the hijab becomes a security issue, as it can be used to conceal things. Also, Westerners should not be bowing to the sharia dictates of female inferiority.

But now the NYPD has completely ended its policy of requiring hijab removal for mug shots. And to not make it look like obvious kowtowing to Muslims, which it is, anyone can now wear a head covering, including a wig.

What about safety considerations arising from the possibility of concealing something inside the headgear? That is of no import. All that matters is the supremacy of Sharia provisions.

“NYPD can no longer force Muslim women to remove hijabs in mug shots, settlement says,” by Ryan W. Miller, USA Today, November 10, 2020:

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department will no longer require people who are arrested to remove religious headwear during mug shots as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit.

A group of Muslim women sued New York City after they said they were forced to remove their hijabs after arrests and be photographed with their head and hair uncovered.

In an initial complaint filed in federal court in New York, one of the woman said that removing her hijab, a garment worn by many Muslim women around the world, and being photographed with it at her shoulders made her feel “humiliated, distraught and panicked from this coerced violation of her religious practice.”

The settlement reached this month will now allow those detained by NYPD to retain their religious headwear while in custody and require trainings for NYPD officers about the new policy. The new policy will also cover religious headwear from other traditions, including yarmulkes, wigs, habits, turbans and kufis, among others.

A person can have their driver’s license or other ID photo taken with a religious head covering on, so “there’s no reason why the NYPD should require them to remove these same head coverings” when they’ve been accused of a crime, said Albert Fox Cahn, an attorney for some of the plaintiffs.

Patricia Miller, the head of the city’s Special Federal Litigation Division, said the change in policy was “a good reform for the NYPD.” “It carefully balances the department’s respect for firmly held religious beliefs with the legitimate law enforcement need to take arrest photos, and should set an example for other police departments in the country,” she added in a statement.

Four Muslim women and an advocacy group sued in separate lawsuits and were part of the settlement. The women said their constitutional rights were violated when they were forced to remove their head coverings for mug shots or NYPD searches.

An initial complaint filed in March 2018 alleged Jamilla Clark, who was arrested over a protective ordered filed by an ex-husband, faced threats of prosecution from NYPD if she did not remove her hijab for the mug shot.

“Like many Muslim women whose religious beliefs dictate that they wear a hijab, Ms. Clark felt exposed and violated without hers — as if she were naked in a public space,” the complaint said….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic supremacism, New York City, Sharia, United States Tagged With: Albert Fox Cahn, Jamilla Clark, NYPD


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  1. SJ says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 9:30 am

    That’s really stupid!!!

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Nov 14, 2020 at 11:00 am

      Not a reasonable determination. The full face should be visible.

      Reply
      • FrogWalker says

        Nov 14, 2020 at 6:56 pm

        Did you know that mugshots often include a side view? Also, hair color/style is important to ID someone. Further, what if the headcovering also covers the face “for religious reasons”. Should that be allowed by the dhimmi? Please think better.

        Reply
        • gravenimage says

          Nov 15, 2020 at 1:54 am

          Mortimer is not *for* this, FrogWalker.

  2. Robert McCormack says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 9:36 am

    There is no doubt the USA- especially under Bidon- will soon be a completely sharia’h controlled Nation.
    The US needs to open its eyes and ears to see what is happening. Its a worldwide Muslim takeover and the idiots are blind to this fact.
    Unfortunately Europe and the UK are fast catching up.

    Reply
    • Christel H Schmidt says

      Nov 16, 2020 at 10:44 am

      U R so Right 🇺🇸 Thanks

      Reply
  3. Mount Zion says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 10:00 am

    They specified that the new policy will also cover religious headwear from other religions , it’s ridiculous , it’s intended to make it look tolerant and understanding and not kowtowing , as a matter of fact none of the other religions have complaint , it’s only one religion complaining , everytime and always one .

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    • gravenimage says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 1:55 am

      Exactly, Mount Zion. No other faith is demanding this.

      Reply
  4. Andrew says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 10:25 am

    So once a muslim female is sent to Prison does she not go into the shower nude like every other female or is she allowed to shower alone.
    This pandering has really gone overboard now and these muslims are laughing in our faces.

    Reply
    • John van Doodewaard says

      Nov 14, 2020 at 11:03 am

      This is nothing short of Islamization of America.

      Reply
      • Check Burry says

        Nov 14, 2020 at 11:27 am

        The cops should get the $ for having to look at them. Do not bend the knee America.

        Reply
  5. Shaman says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 10:35 am

    I am sick of that Muslim males trying to insult and humiliate women by forcing the oppressive hijab on them. Why can’t women freely feel the beautiful wind on their hairs ? Islam, the most misogynist and anti-freedom religion and ideology.

    Reply
    • John van Doodewaard says

      Nov 14, 2020 at 11:06 am

      Right on! Just ask the women who have the hell of Islam.

      Reply
      • John van Doodewaard says

        Nov 14, 2020 at 11:16 am

        Right on! Just ask the oppressed women who have escaped the hell of Islam!
        People are wilfully blind, until it is too late and they find themselves under an Islamic dictatorship. Political correctness is like a cancerous tumor, which must be removed before it destroys the healthy parts of the body. In this case, free society.

        Reply
    • owensgate says

      Nov 14, 2020 at 1:50 pm

      How can sleepy joe feel and smell their hair when they’re under a hijab?

      Reply
      • Keith O says

        Nov 14, 2020 at 7:57 pm

        That’s just plain wrong,,,but so true!

        Reply
  6. Mustapha crap says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 11:33 am

    It is long overdue for ALL western nations to expel every vestige of Islam from within their borders, along with it’s adherents For centuries our forefather shed their lives in order to keep Islam out of our countries, they knew only too well what an Islamic takeover entailed for non muslims. We need to follow their example and remove Islam once and for all from our birthright homes

    Reply
  7. Walter Sieruk says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm

    Once again official decision by the NYPD to no longer require Muslim women to remove their hijab for their “mug shot” to be taken. This may be taken as a sign of the growing Islamic influence in the polices of an American police department. So this a really an omen of the spread of the power of Islam with its Sharia law,

    This method is slowly but steadily growing subversion of American laws with the gradual replacement with Sharia law. This type of stealth jihad is literally called “Islamic gradualism.”

    In addition , this is totally absurd and nonsensical, for the whole idea of the “mug shot ” being taken is for legal identification o fa possible criminal or future possible criminals . Such a photo is completely useless and worthless with this new NYPD policy Could this maybe also be that this new rule is somehow designed to make the violent jihad easier for female Muslim Muslim terrorist’s to function ?

    Moreover, if Islam is really is so ” peaceful and grand” as the many apologists for Islam keep claiming then so many female Muslim shouldn’t be lawbreakers

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  8. somehistory says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    So, the creepy “alleged” law breakers and the actual law breakers go in with full head coverings, and a mask….now a required piece of *clothing,* and sunglasses. to shield their eyes (claiming they must for religious or medical reasons), and what do you have? Totally anon.

    Take fingerprints and hope they have left some at the scene of their crimes. Sneak some DNA away from them. Offer salted nuts, popcorn or saltines as a snack while they wait for their interrogation and then offer a drink from a glass or ceramic cup that belongs to the PD. They would have to leave it even if they are allowed to go.

    Where criminals gain ways of trying to outsmart law enforcement, the authorities have to be thinking one or more steps ahead in order to thwart the criminals. There must be ways of finding these offenders next time.

    If the American governmental law said they had to wear their scarves, they’d be fighting it. After all, they don’t accept as legit any law written by man…except the filth of their book.

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  9. Keith O says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    So, what’s next? The full burka allowed for photo id and mug shots?
    When will the dickheads making these decisions drag their lips away from the arses of Mudslimes and other minority groups and start making intelligent decisions bases upon the needs of the people?

    Reply
  10. gravenimage says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 1:44 am

    NYPD ends policy requiring hijab removal for mug shots
    ………………..

    More suicidal dhimmitude. And were does this end? How about Niqabs, or full Burqas?

    Reply
  11. newsupplements says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 5:05 am

    This tells you a great deal about the incompetence of a broken judicial system. It is no matter the hijab, as everyone can see this decision is a ridiculous farce and a shame on the American judicial system which obviously earns nobody’s respect. The greater matter is how to remove permanently the structure that is responsible for ensuring this can happen. Whoever heard of a “fair line up complete with hijab?!! ridiculous in the extreme. Someone ought to be working to reverse the decision and take back those wasted public funds. I am still laughing now, iti would make an excellent spitting image skit.

    Reply

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