(12/16/2015) And Ojaala Ahmad, a spokesperson with the Council on American–Islamic Relations in Los Angeles, who also wears a hijab, called Hawkins’ gesture a “beautiful act.”
“We think it’s a really beautiful act especially when there is so much Islamophobia where people have ignorance about Islam,” she told BuzzFeed News on Monday.
Hawkins consulted with CAIR before she decided to wear the hijab.
“We welcome all non-Muslim women who have chosen to take part in the act to show solidarity,” Ahmad said. “It’s pretty brave of them that they are willing to do something that is not part of their practice.”