‘This is America!’: N. Carolina man confesses to yanking Muslim woman’s hijab off

[KamaAina]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/this-is-america-n-carolina-man-confesses-to-yanking-muslim-womans-hijab-off/

A North Carolina man admitted on Friday that he ripped off a Muslim woman’s head scarf during a flight to New Mexico last December after saying, “Take it off! This is America!”

Gill Payne, 37, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico to one count of using force to intentionally obstruct the woman from freely exercising her religious beliefs, prosecutors said.

“No matter one’s faith, all Americans are entitled to peacefully exercise their religious beliefs free from discrimination and violence,” said Vanita Gupta, head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division...

Payne admitted that on a flight last December, he approached the aisle where the Muslim woman was seated shortly before landing in Albuquerque, and stopped next to her seat, Prosecutors said.

[Albertoo]

1. The method is wrong, but veils oppress women even in the US

Some reasons US Muslim women wear veils according to 3 studies run in the US:

1- community pressure:

Some women even feel a social pressure to conform to wearing the veil in order to maintain their public reputation (Williams and Vashi 2007:281

2- religious indoctrination

Some women believe that not veiling seems to indicate a bad Muslim and they wear the veil out of obligation (Cole and Ahmadi 2003:54-55)

3- rejection of the West and democracy

There is this growing feeling among Muslim women that they no longer want to associate with the West and their style of clothing, and the veil is what sets them apart and confirms their Muslim identity (Ruby 2006:60)

[pangaia]

2. VEILS ????

She was wearing a hijab.


Aren't you the expert.