Ga. judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_re_us/muslim_headscarf_arrest

By DIONNE WALKER, Associated Press Writer Dionne Walker,

Woman arrested in Ga. over head scarf ATLANTA – A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta's west suburban outskirts.

Valentine violated a court policy that prohibits people from wearing any headgear in court, police said after they arrested her Tuesday.

Kelley Jackson, a spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, said state law doesn't permit or prohibit head scarfs.

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[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I agree. When I visit Saudi Arabia, I am forced to cover myself head to foot......

IF I don't want to cover myself head to foot, then I cannot visit Saudi Arabia, obviously. One must follow rules of the land.

[emilyg]

9. Yes.

[DRoseDARs]

3. So if she had been a Catholic nun...?

These women should also be thrown in jail if they enter the courthouse like this?

[Gwendolyn]

4. Do nuns swear like sailors at authority figures?

If so, yes. throw them in the big house! :D

[Obamanaut]

8. Is "an expletive" necessarily swearing like a sailor? I don't think

so. And does a sailor swear differently or with more skill than say a steelworker, or cabinet maker, or _____? (fill in blank)

[Gwendolyn]

10. I'm joking.

;-)

But seriously, this story is nonsense. Anybody else swearing at a bailiff would have been treated the same way.

She could have simply left (and thereby not compromised the modesty she supposedly upholds by uttering filthy language) and contacted the media concerning the head scarf incident. Instead she swore and got arrested. Big surprise and big deal. :eyes: Drunken Christian idiots get arrested for the same reason probably every 15 minutes of every day somewhere in the country.

[Obamanaut]

12. I apologize. This is the second time in a short time I've missed

"joking", and I'm not usually so thick. Maybe it's the heat here in N. Fla. I'm sorry for my tone.

[Gwendolyn]

13. It's more likely that my jokes are just bad.

:D

I just had an image in my mind of nuns swearing and it made me laugh.

Btw... if it makes you feel better about the heat, it's fa-reezing here up north!!!!

[rurallib]

14. Well now there is a picture that is the 'ghosts of Christmases Past'

I will now have nightmares for a week. I thought I would never ever see one of them things again after doing my time and getting out of high school.

[alphafemale]

5. um...welcome to DU

:rofl:

enjoy your stay.

[AlCzervik]

6. so she should look at porn on the internets and eat fast food?

your post fails on so many levels but please, enjoy your stay here and try to follow the customs or "the LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[pacalo]

7. I generally believe in following the rules wherever I go

but the way you expressed this ideal with such hateful intolerance makes my head spin.

What are your thoughts on the symbolism of the State of Liberty, on which is inscribed:

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Nevermind. n/t