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Two civil rights groups are alleging Tulsa County sheriff's deputies forced a Muslim woman to remove her hijab in public in front of male deputies while attempting to enter the county courthouse.
A spokeswoman for the sheriff's office disputed the allegations, saying female deputies asked the woman to lift her head covering after it set off metal detectors at courthouse security.
Suha Elqutt was attempting to enter the Tulsa County Courthouse when she "was denied entry, then forced to remove her hijab in public and in the presence of several male deputies," Council on American-Islamic Relations Civil Rights Director Veronica Laisure said.
Laisure states in a news release that the council and the American Civil Liberties Union intend to file a petition in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma on Elqutt's behalf.