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She chooses to wear a hijab. Sarsour has said that, before she wore a hijab, she was "just some ordinary white girl from New York City", and that wearing a hijab made others "know that I was Muslim". She argues that sharia does not impose on non-Muslims and that Muslims must also follow civil laws. Notes
Sep 5, 2017 · Linda Sarsour’s status as a “person of color” is contingent on her wearing a hijab (an Islamic headscarf for females), according to her own self-description in a video segment excerpted by Elder of Zion: When I wasn’t wearing a hijab I was just some ordinary white girl from New York City. Wearing hijab made you know that I was Muslim.
Linda Sarsour is an award-winning civil rights activist, community organizer, and mother of three. Linda co-chaired the March2Justice, a 250-mile journey on foot to deliver a justice package to end racial profiling, demilitarize police and demand the government invest in young people and communities.
Jun 2, 2017 · Self-styled "homegirls in hijabs" — like New York militant Linda Sarsour — and many of their progressive western backers afraid of being labelled racist or "Islamophobic" are staying silent or ...
Mar 18, 2020 · At 19, Sarsour made the decision to wear a hijab, or a headscarf. None of her four sisters wear one but for Sarsour, it was about offering the world a visible sign of her identity as Muslim.
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Aug 7, 2015 · Like the actress Rosie Perez in a hijab, Ms. Sarsour has perfected her delivery of the head-swaying “Oh no you dih-int” and pronounces the word “Latino” like, well, a Latino.
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LINDA SARSOUR, a fast-talking Brooklyn native, takes up fights large and small — from preserving her Arab- and Muslim-American communities’ basic rights, to helping a recent immigrant learn English. She sees her community’s struggles for equal rights as no great departure from momentous civil rights battles past and present.