A Muslim traveler in Washington, D.C. reported that as she went through security for her flight to Los Angeles, she was pulled aside by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel, asked to remove her Hijab, publicly patted down, and forced to have all of her belongings checked for bomb-making chemicals. At the end of the process, she was allegedly told by security personnel that "anyone wearing a head scarf must go through this type of search."

That's not airport security. That's religious profiling. As the Council for American-Islamic Relations points out, this doesn't make us safer, and violates some of the most sacred principles of our democracy.

Ask the TSA to clarify their position on whether Islamic head scarves, or hijab, will trigger additional security measures for Muslim travelers.