For The Love Of God!

You know something. I'm all for diversity but if I move to another country, I'll have to go along with most of the customs and cultural norms. In America, we face each other. You cannot go into court in a virtual mask and have people believe you are telling the truth.

A Muslim woman who lost her small-claims case after she refused to remove her veil in court has been granted a new hearing.

Ginnnah Muhammad, 42, of Detroit, plans to wear a niqab--a scarf and veil that covers her head and face, leaving only the eyes visible - at her Feb. 21 hearing.

Muhammad wants to contest a rental car company's $2,750 charge to repair a vehicle that she said had been broken into by thieves.

"I'm hoping that the judge ... listens to my case and judges the case on its merits, not on how I look," Muhammad said.

In October, District Judge Paul Paruk told her he needed to see her face to determine her truthfulness and gave her a choice: take off the veil while testifying or have the case dismissed. She kept it on.

Muhammad successfully appealed, arguing Paruk's ruling unfairly forced her to choose between her religious beliefs and her case.

The only people who came here against their will were African slaves. Everyone else came because they wanted to or because where they were was intolerable. Taking off a veil for a few minutes in a courtroom isn't going to send you to hell. If you think it will, pay the money and be quiet. That goes for these zealot cab drivers who won't pick up passengers who are carrying (not drinking) alcohol. Get a new job right along with the zealot American pharmacists who won't dispense contraceptives.

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