posted January 14, 2005
A Muslim student at East Ridge High School is now being allowed to wear her Islamic head scarf, or hijab, in school.
The student had previously been told she could not wear her religiously-mandated head scarf because it was against the school dress code.
The school's decision to allow the head scarf came after intervention by a Muslim civil rights group based in Washington, D.C., and after school officials conferred with legal counsel.
The girl said she converted to the Muslim faith about a year ago after studying the Koran.
She said wearing the scarf keeps her mind of her religious faith and following its tenets.
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