A national American-Islamic group is calling on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged incident in which a Muslim woman was ejected from the Oakwood mall near Gretna for refusing a security guard’s demand to remove her headscarf, known as a hijab.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said the 54-year-old woman and her daughter-in-law were leaving the food court on Feb. 22 when a security guard approached them and allegedly told the older woman that she could either remove her headscarf or leave the mall.
-Group says guard harassed Muslim women – New Orleans News – NOLA.com
I’ve been in this mall any number of times and seen women wearing the hijab. Neither the guards nor anyone else bothered them. This is almost certainly more BS from CAIR, unindicted terror conspirators and grievance group extraordinaire. CAIR has a long history of dishonesty for exactly this sort of thing. And even when caught at it, they doggedly persist in their “big lie” technique because they know it works.
But here’s what’s interesting – this little event was reported a couple of days after ABC staged a similar event for the show “What Would You Do?”
Officials with Oakwood Center said they just learned of the incident and an investigation is under way.
“We’re surprised and appalled this has taken place,” said Lynn Walters, Oakwood’s general manager. “Once we get all the facts, we certainly want to see what we would need to do.”
… “We’re in a quandary as to why this even took place, as we have many Muslim visitors all the time,” she said. “This is the first time I’ve ever heard of anything like this happening.”
Coincidence? You be the judge.
Update: At the nola.com article, commenter rknrollhonky hits the nail squarely on the head:
This sounds like another CAIR manufactured non- incident. They have taken a page from PUSH in the political shakedown racket. They’ll threaten to sue and drop their case once Oakwood agrees to make a “donation”. These are the same folks currently being sued under RICO statutes and who are heavily linked to HAMAS and other Islamic terrorist organizations.
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