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  • 2016-11-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Georgia Become the First State to Ban Muslim Culture? (en)
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  • In March 2017, the web site usanewspost.us published an article misleadingly headlined GEORGIA BECOMES FIRST STATE TO BAN MUSLIM CULTURE IN HISTORIC MOVE TO RESTORE WESTERN VALUES!!! The headline was both factually inaccurate, solely referencing an outdated, four-month old news item. Back on 15 November 2016, Georgia lawmaker Jason Spencer introduced a short-lived piece of legislation that would outlaw wearing hoods or head coverings in public, a bill critics said was intended to target Muslim women who wear head coverings (known as hijabs) or full-face coverings (called niqabs). The text of House Bill 3 would have made the wearing of head coverings in public and while operating a vehicle a misdemeanor crime: We were unable immediately reach Spencer, but he told WSB-TV Atlanta reporter Aaron Diamant that the law was meant to target Muslims: But Spencer pulled the bill the shortly after he filed it, outlining his reasons for doing so in a statement that said: The case Spencer cited, State v. Miller, upheld the Anti-Mask Act. The law was meant to prevent members of the Ku Klux Klan from intimidating or committing crimes against minority groups with impunity by making it illegal for them to wear Klan garb and terrorize people. (en)
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