Jeff teacher reassigned in veil-pulling case
Muslim family cites officials' fast action
Wednesday February 04, 2004
By Rob Nelson
West Bank bureau
Sitting in Wes Mix's 10th-grade world history class at West Jefferson High School in Harvey, Maryam Motar said she had become used to the "jokes."
First, there were the times when she said her teacher thought she was of Indian descent and called her "Little Curry One."
Motar said the final straw came Friday as Mix was passing out tests. After pulling back her religiously mandated head scarf, or hijab, Motar said Mix told her, "I hope God punishes you. No, I'm sorry, I hope Allah punishes you."
Motar said the teacher later told her, "I didn't know you had hair under there."
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http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-1/107587950930470.xmlTo treat a child like this, any child, is unforgiveable.