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Re****t: Muslim Women in Headscarves Banned From Obama Photo Op
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Two Muslim women were prohibited from sitting behind the podium at
Barack Obama’s Monday rally in Detroit, apparently so their
headscarves would not appear in photographs with him, according to a
re****t Wednesday in the Politico.com.
The Wa****ngton-based Web site re****ted that Obama campaign volunteers
said the women could not wear the hijabs behind the candidate, though
they gave different reasons for the rule.
One volunteer said that one of the women could not be seen on TV with
Obama “because of the political climate and what’s going on in the
world and what’s going on with Muslim Americans,” according to the
Muslim woman’s friend.
The other volunteer gave a less political explanation to the other
woman, according to the article, claiming nobody with any kind of
headpiece could sit behind the stage.
Both women said they were disappointed by the treatment they received
at the rally, and the Obama campaign later apologized, according to
The Politico.
“This is of course not the policy of the campaign. It is offensive and
counter to Obama’s commitment to bring Americans together and simply
not the kind of campaign we run. We sincerely apologize for the
behavior of these volunteers,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.
The Obama campaign has battled questions about his patriotism and
persistent rumors that the presumptive Democratic nominee is a secret
Muslim. The campaign set up a Web site last week to debunk such
rumors.
Click here to read about the Muslim women at Obama’s rally in The
Politico.com:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11168.html
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