“My daughter sat there and cried that day because they had to get out of the pool"

“There’s nothing posted that says you can’t swim in cotton,” said Ismaa’eel, owner and principal of the Darul-Amaanah Academy and director of its summer program. “At the same time, there are other kids with cotton on. … I asked, ‘Why are my kids being treated differently?'”

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Ismaa’eel, who wears a hijab with a niqab covering her face, said she told the manager she would relay the message to the program parents. But that didn’t resolve the issue.

“She (later) had a police officer come over and ask what time we were leaving,” Ismaa’eel said.

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