DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - N.Y.C.: D.O.J. SUES STATE OF NEW YORK IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE SHARI'AH DRESS CODE FOR MOSLEM PRISON GUARDS

DOJ sues New York over headgear ban affecting Muslim prison guard
By DAVID B. CARUSO
The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A Muslim correction officer barred from wearing a symbol of his faith on the job has found a powerful new ally in his legal battle against the state.

The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division sued New York's Department of Correctional Services on Thursday, seeking an overhaul of its grooming regulations for uniformed officers.

The suit was filed in Manhattan on behalf of Abdus Samad N. Haqq, a correction officer from Brooklyn who was ordered to stop wearing a kufi to work in 2005.

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