NYC to pay $17.5M for forcing Muslim women to remove hijabs for mugshot
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New York City is set to pay $17.5 million for forcing two Muslim women to remove their hijabs for mugshots after they were arrested.
The two women, Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz, initially filed the suit in 2018 after they were arrested for violating orders of protection that they called bogus. They were both arrested the year prior year in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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They said they felt shame and trauma after being forced to remove the head coverings which are worn by Muslim women in observance of the Islamic religion. Their lawyers likened removing the hijabs to being strip-searched.
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