Just the other day I was saying alhamdulilah that I live in Minnesota.  Here, we have no problem with hijab on our driver’s license, while sisters in other states like Oklahoma have faced discrimination.

 

Or should I say we HAD no problem.  Apparently, Steve Gottwelt, a republican state representative, has introduced a bill to bad headgear on drivers licenses.  He claims it’s to deter gang bangers from using their clothing to obscure their identity, but there’s no exception for people who cover their heads due to a religious belief.  There is an exception for people with medical conditions and ”deformities,” so why none for hijabs, turbans, kufis, kippahs and the like? 

I can’t imagine for a second that this would pass, but it does hint at an underlying anti muslim sentiment is creeping into the open.