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Lamya Sahraoui walked down the street on a brisk Tuesday wearing oversized glasses, with a billowing pink head scarf cascading over her black North Face parka. As she made her way to class, the wind whipped, the fresh covering of snow blowing past her hijab....

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Maria

posted 12/02/08 @ 5:08 PM EST

In the late 80s, some Muslim women, many of them Asians, wore the hajib with their jeans. I was kind of shocked because I never had seen such a combination before. Usually, they were more conservative.

John Vanek

posted 12/03/08 @ 10:41 AM EST

Just about all of us reading this article have grown up in the post 9/11 era.

However, why should that change anything? As students attending a university, we should be more educated than the general public. We should all know that a minority group does not necessarily reflect the views of the masses.

Oh, and the "not hiring muslims" thing? If actual companies said that, why are they not in hot water? I would have reported them ASAP, and they would be paying for their ignorance right now.
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