A civil rights group Thursday asked a sheriff to accommodate a Muslim woman's religious beliefs and let her cover her head with a scarf.
Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott said that he'd meet with the group, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, but that he wasn't changing the policy barring female Muslim prisoners from wearing hijabs.
"We do not intend to change our policy on this," Brott said. "We believe it is a safety and security issue. We don't allow personal clothing in the facility." [Pioneer Press] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]
