Hearing to Open in Muslim ID Dispute
Mon May 26, 820 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
ORLANDO, Fla. - A Muslim woman is going to court against the state this week in her fight to wear a veil that covers most of her face for her driver's license photo.
Sultaana Freeman sued the state of Florida after it revoked her license because she refused to replace the photo with one showing her face uncovered.
Freeman, 35, argues the state violated her right to freedom of religion by demanding the new photo. The state contends that allowing a photo of a hidden face puts public safety at risk.
Her attorney, Howard Marks, said Freeman believes that taking a photograph of her face uncovered would violate the Quran, the Muslim holy book.
Jason Vail, an assistant attorney general, said police officers use driver's license photos for many things, such as helping to identify criminals, missing persons and crime victims.
Marks said Freeman received the state's demand that she retake her photo three months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Vail denied any connection between the two events.
How ridiculous is this? She is so stupid and ignorant that she really believes that taking the veil off would violate the Qu'ran. Has anyone managed to put some sense into this stupid woman's head that covering yourself is not obligatory in Islam? Man this kind of stuff pisses me off, when idiots like this woman fight in court with our taxpayer money for something as ridiculous as this. If she insists on wearing a veil, I suggest she should move to Saudi Arabia and then she will treated the way she wants to be.
I'm sorry for the rant, but stuff like this pisses me off. If she doesn't want to integrate, then she should get out! Its idiots like her that give us a bad name.