Monday Evening, March 25, 2019

FOX 21 NEWS TV COLORADO SPRINGS REGION COVERS MRFF

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Fort Carson soldier says she was discriminated against for wearing a hijab By: Courtney Fromm Sunday, March 24, 2019

(Excerpts from Fox 21 News/Emphasis added by MRFF) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is speaking out on behalf of Fort Carson soldier Sgt. Cesilia Valdovinos, after they say she was discriminated against for wearing a hijab.  "She must have x-ray vision because she can see under the hijab and see her hair if it was down but it was perfectly up," said Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.  [...] "This is nothing more than the worst type of Muslim bigotry, prejudice, and harassment," said Weinstein.  [...]

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ARMY TIMES COVERS MRFF This Muslim Fort Carson soldier is still getting questions about her hijab By:  Meghann Myers Friday, March 22, 2019 (Excerpts from Army Times/Emphasis added by MRFF) A Fort Carson, Colorado, brigade commander has found no issue with the way a command sergeant major attempted to enforce hair regulations with a Muslim soldier earlier this month, according to a Friday statement to Army Times. Now her attorney is considering filing a federal lawsuit. [...] “This is an absolutely quintessential example of some of the worst anti-Muslim bigotry, prejudice and harassment that we have seen,”   Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which represents Valdovinos, told Army Times on Friday.   “That’s because it’s so blatant.” Having exhausted her administrative remedies, he added, MRFF is considering filing a federal lawsuit on her behalf, in light of the  “hostile work environment”  her command as created. [...] Weinstein  reached out to the deputy commanding general of 4th ID  on Thursday, he said,  but has not received a response.

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Background: MRFF's Efforts on Behalf of U.S. Army Soldier Of the Muslim Faith Forcefully Ordered to Remove Hijab

March 12th, 2019  -  https://myemail.constantcontact.com/MRFF-DEMANDS-U-S--ARMY--FORT-CARSON-s-ORDER-TO-REMOVE-HIJAB-NOT-GO-UNPUNISHED-.html?soid=1101766362531&aid=oZhk9lPltEc March 14th, 2019 - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NEWS-OF-MRFF-s-U-S--ARMY-CLIENT-ORDERED-TO-REMOVE-HIJAB-GOES-INTERNATIONALLY-VIRAL.html?soid=1101766362531&aid=-Q-03bIMel0 March 18th, 2019 - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/WASHINGTON-POST-HIGHLIGHTS-MRFF-s-MUSLIM-CLIENT-ARMY-SGT--ORDERED-TO-REMOVE-HIJAB.html?soid=1101766362531&aid=dOIrGaVVVr8 March 22nd, 2019  -   https://myemail.constantcontact.com/MRFF-S-U-S--ARMY-CLIENT-OF-MUSLIM-FAITH-FACES-TARGETED-BIGOTRY-.html?soid=1101766362531&aid=7z1UYQ44yKc

Background: MRFF's Efforts on Behalf of U.S. Military Members of the Muslim Faith

MRFF represents slightly over 18% of all Muslim Americans in the U.S. military.

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