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...Muslim population as a whole. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) addressed another such case of a Muslim woman in Valdosta last year, and Jasmeen Nanda, a Sikh man wearing a turban, and Rabbi Friedman, a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke, were also told to remove their religious headgear in the courtroom...

Author: By Nafees A. Syed | Title: The Fuss About Covering Up | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...mystifying why the bailiff and other law enforcement officials would treat her like a criminal and drag her in front of a judge. More disturbing than this arrest is the ex post facto change in the charges brought against Valentine—somehow, a procedural violation (no headgear in the courtroom) became a real criminal charge (fighting with an officer). This charge was not only proven false by later investigation, but was totally unwarranted in the first place. Nor was Valentine’s sentence—a ten-day jail sentence and a mandate to remove her headscarf outside...

Author: By Nafees A. Syed | Title: The Fuss About Covering Up | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

CONCUSSIONS Designed with better knowledge of how trauma occurs, high-tech mouth guards and headgear protect vulnerable noggins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Sports Medicine | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...performance. The Golden Calf is a white bullock preserved in a tank of formaldehyde that's mounted on a high marble plinth. His hooves and horns are 18-carat gold. His head is crowned by a gold Egyptian solar disk. Seen head-on, he's a false idol whose headgear is simultaneously silly and mesmerizing. (Hirst is assuming his buyers know the Bible story about worshipping a false god, just like the one they are about to worship.) But the beast is best seen in profile, the view that leaves you to reconcile as best you can his hieratic gravity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...Waving orange-and-yellow flags adorned with the famous outline of Sandino's iconic headgear - the most recognizable silhouette in Nicaragua - a group of left-wing protesters has taken to the streets, chanting old Sandinista slogans from the 1970s to rally others against what they claim is a return to dictatorship under Ortega. While the protest movement has grown quickly in recent weeks, fueled mostly by concerns over Nicaragua's deteriorating political and economic situation, it has also rekindled nostalgia for the old revolutionary symbols and songs that have since become propaganda tools for an unpopular government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaraguans Fight Over Who Owns a Powerful Hat | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

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