• Michigan judge sued for ordering woman to remove Islamic head scarf

An Iraqi immigrant in the Detroit area has filed a federal lawsuit against a Michigan judge who told her to remove her Islamic head scarf in court.Raneen Albaghdady of Dearborn Heights alleges that Wayne County Judge William Callahan violated her U.S. constitutional rights to freedom of religion and to access to the courts. The suit seeks to forbid state judges from ordering women to remove their Islamic head coverings, called hijabs.