Campus Says Policy Allows All Faces To Be IdentifiedCAIR wants special accommodation for Muslim women wearing burqas on the Boston university campus. But for the college security matters. Egypt is also cracking down on the radical dress in its schools.
Update!! Here's some background on the school from over at the Daniel Pipes site - it appears that one of the school's graduates - was planning a terror attack both inside and outside of the US:
- Tarek Mehanna, 27, was arrested on Oct. 21, 2009, in Sudbury, Massachusetts and charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. He allegedly planned to launch terrorist attacks both inside and outside the United States, specifically planning to attack a shopping mall with automatic weapons. Mehanna was a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS), where his father Ahmed teaches chemistry.
Today, the dean of students at MCPHS issued a directive to students that "any head covering that obscures a student's face may not be worn, either on campus or at clinical sites, except when required for medical reasons." [+]
BOSTON -- A Muslim rights group is asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate a new policy at a Massachusetts college that bans students from wearing head coverings that obscure the face.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said even though the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences policy is aimed at students, it would have "a disproportionate impact on the religious rights of Muslim employees."
The policy bans clothing such as burqas and face veils, as well as ski masks and scarves.
The CAIR letter, dated Wednesday, said the school must allow a religious exemption to the policy because it has a medical exemption.
The college declined immediate comment, saying it has not seen the complaint. It has said the policy is about maintaining public safety by ensuring everyone on campus can be identified.
Boston Channel
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