A Muslim civil rights group is protesting after a woman was told to remove her hijab before she could enter a Denver arena
Gazella Bensreiti said Wednesday that the guard told her to “take that thing off of my head” at the Pepsi Center box office on Nov. 5.
Bensreiti said she explained the scarf was for religious purposes. She said the guard replied that she didn’t care.The Council on American-Islamic Relations protested the incident. Arena owner Kroenke Sports & Entertainment called the encounter a misunderstanding and said the guard didn’t recognize that Bensreiti was wearing a hijab.
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