The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations will hold a press conference on Wednesday to ask for Temple, the Temple Police Department, Philadelphia Police Department and the Mayor’s Office to investigate reports of the PPD removing the hijab of a Muslim demonstrator during a protest on Temple’s campus on Sept. 26.
The demonstrator participated in a protest at a career fair for Temple’s College of Engineering and was arrested by TUPD. The press release stated that the woman was not allowed to wear her hijab for the 20 hours she was detained, including for her mugshot…