A Massachusetts pharmacy college instituted a ban on clothing that obscures the face, including face veils and burqas, weeks after a Muslim alumnus who is also the son of a professor was charged with plotting terror strikes.
.... Michael Ratty, a college spokesman, said the policy was developed in the fall during the school's annual review of its public safety procedures ..... Ratty said the school believed everyone entering the small Boston campus should be able to be properly identified. He said the college discussed the policy with Muslim students and officials at the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, and all understood the need for the change. [ASSOCIATED PRESS] Read more
