VEILED JUSTICE

A Florida woman is suing the state for requiring that she remove her veil for a driver license photo. The woman, who practices Wahhabism (a strict sect of Islam) refuses to show her face to any male except for her husband. She may have sincerely-held religious beliefs, but if this sets a precedent for Muslim women taking veiled photos on licenses, passports and official forms of documentation, it will become impossible for law enforcement agencies to identify these women.

A fight for religion or something more?

This blog proposes a compromise: the state should issue this woman a driver's license bearing her veiled photo, but should stipulate that the license is only good for travel by flying carpet.