RELIGIOUS GARB

USCIRF Leaves Saudi Arabia After USCIRF Chair Asked to Remove Religious Head Covering

Saudi officials had also required that, while in the kingdom and in public, Rabbi Cooper remove his kippah, a mandate that the USCIRF chair quietly but firmly rejected.

USCIRF Report Highlights Religious Garb Restrictions as Impermissible Violations of Religious Freedom

“Government mandates or restrictions on wearing religious garb violate international human rights law,” USCIRF writes in its report.

Pennsylvania Becomes Final US State to Repeal Ban on Religious Garb in Public Schools

America’s teachers can now express their religious identity in every school in the United States.