Woman allegedly forced to remove hijab for mugshot gets $120,000 in settlement

Aida Shyef Al-Kadi describes ‘humiliating and harmful experience’ after officers allegedly made her strip and gave her bedsheet to wear

A Minnesota Muslim woman has received $120,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was forced to strip in jail and remove her hijab for a booking photo over a traffic offense, the woman and her attorneys said Tuesday.

Aida Shyef Al-Kadi appeared with her attorneys at the Minneapolis headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations to announce the settlement approved last month.

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