Activists Protest Treatment Of Jailed Muslim Woman

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Civil rights activists are gathering in Douglasville to protest the treatment of a black Muslim woman briefly jailed Tuesday for refusing to remove her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint.

Representatives of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations are expected to join local members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Friday rallying outside the Douglasville Municipal Court where police arrested 40-year-old Lisa Valentine.

A judge ordered Valentine to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court after she refused to remove her traditional Muslim scarf, then uttered an expletive. Officials freed her hours later, after a national group urged a federal investigation.