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St. Paul police now allow employees to wear hijab

researcher10 years ago02 mins

March 1, 2014 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The St. Paul Police Department is now allowing employees to wear a police-issued hijab headscarf, according to an announcement Saturday. St. Paul Police Chief Thomas Smith said he knows of only one other department in Washington, D.C., that allows the hijab in the United States, according…

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Muslim cabbie sues for right to wear religious garb

Euro-Islam11 years ago03 mins

ST. LOUIS — A Muslim taxicab driver is suing the city of St. Louis, the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission and a private security company, saying he has been harassed and arrested because he insists on wearing religious garb. Raja Awais Naeem, who works for Harris Cab and manages a shuttle service called A-1 Shuttle, says his…

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