US School Guard Forcefully Removes Muslim Student’s Hijab After Classmate Calls Her Terrorist

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1. A 15-year-old Muslim girl in the US has accused school security of removing her hijab and handcuffing her after she had an altercation with a fellow student who called her a “terrorist”.
2. The group said an altercation between the students ensued and the security guard intervened, along with the school resource officer, a police officer assigned to the school. “The security guard focused completely on her. He proceeded to grab her,” Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said.
3. She later stated that the school resource officer pulled off her hijab after putting handcuffs on her. “I’m scared for my safety at Apple Valley High School. I feel very threatened,” the girl was quoted as saying.
4. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR-MN, want the security officer and the police officer investigated for allegedly using excessive force against the female Muslim student. The organisation said that it has received a dozen complaints from Muslim students at the school who feel unsafe due to the incident and others like it involving the same officer.
5. A spokesperson for the Apple Valley area school district said the security guard was on leave pending the completion of an investigation into the fight last Thursday after the 15year-old sophomore was arrested and removed from the school.