Law.com - 3rd Circuit Rejects Muslim Cop's Bid to Wear Religious Scarf

Joel Sogol jlsatty at wwisp.com
Wed Apr 8 02:04:48 PDT 2009


A Muslim woman who works as a Philadelphia police officer has lost her court
battle to wear a religious head scarf on the job now that the 3rd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that forcing the department to
accommodate her would compromise the city's interest in maintaining
"religious neutrality" in its police force.

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202429736190





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