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Civil rights group sues Michigan prisons for photographing incarcerated Muslim women without hijabs

The Michigan chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for forcing women to remove their hijab for mugshots. The lawsuit represents more than 15 women who are Muslim or members of the Moorish […]

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