After hearing three days of testimony last week, Circuit Judge
Janet C. Thorpe ruled that Sultaana Freeman’s right to free
exercise of religion would not be infringed by having to show her
face on her license.
Freeman, 35, had obtained a license that showed her veiled with
only her eyes visible through a slit. But the state revoked the
license in 2001 when she refused to have her photo retaken with her
face uncovered.
She sued the state of Florida, saying it would violate her
Islamic beliefs to show her face publicly.
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