#  Delaware DMV Offers Apology for Headscarf Incident 

 





April 14, 2010

 

 

Author: Mike Chalmers

Source: Delaware Online/The News Journal

[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100414/NEWS02/4140336/DMV+offers+apology+for+headscarf+incident](http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100414/NEWS02/4140336/DMV%20offers%20apology%20for%20headscarf%20incident)

Getting her driver's license should have been an exciting rite of passage for a Sussex County teenager, her mother said.

But when Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles workers told the 16-year-old girl to remove her Muslim headscarf -- despite an agency policy allowing her to wear it in her license picture -- the experience ended in tears and embarrassment.

"It's a crying shame that a piece of fabric on her head could cause such an uproar," said the mother, who asked not to be identified to avoid further public attention.



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Civil Liberties/Civil Rights ](/news-stories/civil-libertiescivil-rights)
- [ Headscarf Controversies ](/news-stories/headscarf-controversies)
- [ Youth ](/news-stories/youth)
- [ Experience/Lifecycle Events/Expressions ](/news-stories/experiencelifecycle-eventsexpressions)
- [ Islam ](/religions/islam)
- [ Women ](/tags/women)
 
 

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