A California school has been sued after a field trip of students who were encouraged to wear hijab, given Qurans

Zahra Billoo, CAIR official, called the lawsuit misguided and said the participation of the students in that field trip was voluntary. Two Jewish parents, three former Jewish students, a Hindu parent and a Zoroastrian parent have sued Palo Alto Unified School District and Palo Alto High School principal Brent Kline after the students were encouraged to wear hijab and were given Qurans during what was supposed to be a field trip to a mosque. The incident took place last fall when the California school's Social Justice Pathway program conducted a field trip. The lawsuit said that the female students were encouraged to wear hijabs and the photos of the students were taken and posted online without taking the consent from the parents.The parents said the students were "exposed" to Zahra Billoo, the executive director of the Bay Area's office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The parents called Billoo controversial and alleged that she was given free access to students to advocate "personal religious and political views".School knew and did nothing, says lawsuit, School countersThe parents claimed that the school officials "knew or should have known of the recurring nature o...