Lawsuit: California high school students given Qurans, encouraged to wear hijabs during class trip to mosque
Parents of a group of Bay Area high school kids are outraged after they say female students were encouraged to wear hijabs during a class trip to a mosque. The group, Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, says students in the school’s Social Justice Pathway program took a trip to the mosque last fall and were handed Qurans while female students were encouraged to wear hijabs, the Islamic face covering viewed by some as oppressive to women. The lawsuit also alleges photos of the students were taken and posted online without parental consent ...