Strikes me as an unconstitutional requirement that a person provide “documentation” that wearing the headgear is required by one’s religion. Under Islam the person, indeed the only person, who can decide whether it is required by her religion, is the adherent. In this regard Islam is extremely focused on each person’s relationship to Allah and consequently each person is fthe final authority on such non-Quranic rules or rules with a wide variance of Quranic interpretation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/after-playing-all-season-maryland-girl-held-out-of-basketball-game-for-wearing-a-hijab/2017/03/13/63fe82be-0767-11e7-8884-96e6a6713f4b_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.a485b7ac2481 <https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/after-playing-all-season-maryland-girl-held-out-of-basketball-game-for-wearing-a-hijab/2017/03/13/63fe82be-0767-11e7-8884-96e6a6713f4b_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.a485b7ac2481> -- Prof. Steven D. Jamar Assoc. Dir. of International Programs Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice http://iipsj.org http://sdjlaw.org "Climate change is the greatest market failure the world has ever seen … ." Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank
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