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Obama's Muslim female fans not allowed to sit near him with headscarves
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The Hindustan Times
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June 19, 2008
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London, June 19 -- Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign has been forced to apologise to two Muslim women barred from sitting behind him at a public event.
The two women in headscarves were asked not to sit in view of cameras at a rally in Detroit on Monday, where Al Gore endorsed Obama.
Hebba Aref, a 25-year-old lawyer, told Politico magazine: "I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against. The message that I thought was delivered to us was that they do not want him associated with Muslims or Muslim supporters."
Aref said that she and Shimaa Abdelfadeel were among 20,000 ...