The Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office denied Saturday that one of its deputies forcibly removed a hijab of a Muslim woman that was arrested and booked in a Milpitas correctional facility.
The statement came days after the Council on American-Islamic Relations in the Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) said the Muslim woman, Asia Aden, had her hijab “violently yanked” from her while being booked into Elmwood Correctional Facility, even though she asked to keep the headwear out of religious beliefs.
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