Muslim woman sues Florida over veil

WINTER PARK, FLORIDA - A Muslim woman has sued the state for suspending her driver&#39;s license after she refused to remove her face-covering veil for the photograph. <br> <br> Sultaana Freeman, 34, said she was allowed to wear her veil, which only reveals her eyes, for her license photo in Illinois and for a Florida license issued in February. <br> <br> But state officials demanded Freeman pose without her veil in November, following checks of records prompted by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. <br> <br> Freeman filed suit earlier this month in Orange County. <br> <br> ``I don&#39;t show my face to strangers or unrelated males,&#39;&#39; Freeman said. <br> <br> Florida law states that license applicants be issued ``a color photographic or digital imaged driver&#39;s license bearing a full-face photograph.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Robert Sanchez, a spokesman for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, said his agency had to enforce that law. <br> <br> But civil rights lawyer Howard Marks said the law is vague. He pointed to another Florida law stating the ``government shall not substantially burden a person&#39;s exercise of religion.&#39;&#39;

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