Dear
As-salaamu alaikom (peace to you).
On New Year’s Day, Rania and her husband decided to spend the day together at a shooting range. However, when they arrived at Frontier Justice, a Kansas City, Missouri gun range, they were told by staff that Rania would not be permitted to use their facilities until she removed her hijab because it is a violation of their dress code.
When Rania asked for an explanation, the manager told her that her hijab is a safety risk because shrapnel could cause her hijab to catch fire.
However, when Rania pointed out that baseball caps are permitted to be worn, the manager was unable to explain why baseball caps – or other articles of clothing – are any different than the hijab.
Because there is no difference. The “dress code violation” is a clear camouflage for the shooting range’s discriminatory policy that bans Muslim women that wear the hijab from their facility.
Rania is one of many cases of Muslim women being denied equal treatment that CAIR handles on a daily basis.
At our national office alone, CAIR’s legal team received more than 1,500 complaints this year, and we currently represent more than 200 clients across the country.
American Muslims turn to CAIR to protect them from bigotry and discrimination but the unfortunate reality is that we still need to raise $319,000 to reach our $850,000-year-end goal.
Filing a lawsuit is a very expensive process, and we need your financial support, now more than ever, so we have the resources needed to secure justice and advance equality in the first quarter of 2021.
Can we count on your financial support so that we can continue helping these people?
We are counting on you to help us serve and protect our community in the year 2021 and beyond, insha Allah.
“Whoever relieves the hardship of a believer in this world, Allah will relieve (his or her) hardship on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever helps ease one in difficulty, Allah will make it easy for (him or her) in this world and in the Hereafter,” Prophet Muhammad (may peace and blessings be upon him) said.
