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Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 7:33:52 GMT -6
Muslim student says her California high school's yearbook ID'd her as 'Isis Phillips'RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an investigation into an incident in which the wrong name was printed beneath a yearbook photo of a Muslim student at Los Osos High School. Bayan Zehlif, a Muslim student who wears a hijab, found her photo in the school yearbook with the name of another student -- Isis Phillips. Attorneys with CAIR's civil rights division are concerned the incident may be racially motivated. "We join with the family in their concern about a possible bias motive for this incident and in the deep concern for their daughter's safety as a result of being falsely labeled as a member of a terrorist group," said CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush. "No student should have to face the humiliation of being associated with a group as reprehensible as ISIS." Zehlif, who's set to graduate from Los Osos, took to social media to express her dismay. Read more: www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_29868200/muslim-student-says-her-california-high-schools-yearbook
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