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Ban On Headscarves Leads To Scuffle, Arrests At Rye Playland Amusement Park

Some 3,000 people were part of a Muslim tour group who went to the park Tuesday to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. Things started to go south, however, when women wearing headscarves wanted to get on some of the rides. Any sort of head covering is banned on the rides for safety reasons.

2011/08/31

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