A Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab before entering Denver’s Pepsi Center is calling on arena management to change its policies and better train its security staff.
Gazella Bensreiti, who lives in Aurora, was asked to remove the head cover before attending the Nov. 5 NBA game featuring the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat, said Gadeir Abbas, a senior litigation attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Her daughter’s elementary school choir had been invited to sing the National Anthem
Abbas and other CAIR representatives are joining Bensreiti in calling for changes at the Pepsi Center.