Standard News

Hide Advertisement
  • Business
  • Culture
  • News
  • Technology
  • Trending
Site logo
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

California Muslim student wrongly identified as ‘Isis’ in yearbook

By Reuters 2 min read
Advertisement - Continue reading below

(Reuters) – A California student was embarrassed and distressed after a picture of her wearing an Islamic head scarf, or hijab, appeared in her high school yearbook with the false name “Isis Phillips,” a Muslim advocacy group said on Sunday.

The senior at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga and her parents were “embarrassed after seeing the picture in the yearbook and have suffered a great deal of emotional and psychological distress,” according to an emailed statement by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.

Advertisement

The school’s principal has apologized for what she described as a “misprint,” and CAIR said its legal team would meet on Monday with the family and school officials, and seek an investigation of the incident, a spokesman told Reuters.

ISIS is one way to refer to Islamic State, the militant group that has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria and claimed responsibility for bombings in Europe. The United Nations defines Islamic State as a terrorist group.

A student who worked on the yearbook said the printing of the wrong name was a mistake, and that a student named Isis Phillips had transferred from the school earlier in the year, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

The yearbook page has been posted and shared numerous times on social media, including by the student who was pictured, whose name is Bayan Zehlif, according to the New York Daily News.

“I am extremely saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed that the Los Osos High School yearbook was able to get away with this. Apparently I am ‘Isis’ in the yearbook. The school reached out to me and had the audacity to say that this was a typo. I beg to differ, let’s be real,” said the statement on what appears to be Zehlif’s Facebook page.

Reuters was not able to independently verify that the page belongs to the Muslim student, or whether that is her real name.

CAIR declined to provide the name of the student. Officials at the high school could not be reached for comment.

Susan Petrocelli, the high school’s principal, said officials were going to correct what she described as a “misprint.” At least 200 yearbooks have been distributed, CAIR said.

“Los Osos High School is taking every step possible to correct and investigate a regrettable misprint discovered in the yearbook. We sincerely apologize,” Petrocelli said in a statement on Twitter.

(Reporting by Justin Madden in Chicago; Editing by Paul Simao)

Advertisement - Continue reading below

Ralph Stanley, U.S. bluegrass music pioneer, dies at 89
Entertainment
Reuters 2 min read

Ralph Stanley, U.S. bluegrass music pioneer, dies at 89

U.S. Supreme Court upholds race-based college admissions
News
Reuters 4 min read

U.S. Supreme Court upholds race-based college admissions

Chelsea Manning announces hunger strike over treatment in prison
News
Reuters 2 min read

Chelsea Manning announces hunger strike over treatment in prison

U.S. trial delayed for man accused of buying guns used by San Bernardino shooters
News
Reuters 2 min read

U.S. trial delayed for man accused of buying guns used by San Bernardino shooters

Florida cases seen as first sign Zika transmitted locally in U.S
News
Reuters 4 min read

Florida cases seen as first sign Zika transmitted locally in U.S

More Than 26,000 Petition President Trump To Stop DEA’s War On Coffee-Like Herb Kratom
News
Jason Owen 4 min read

More Than 26,000 Petition President Trump To Stop DEA’s War On Coffee-Like Herb Kratom

Solar plane takes on Atlantic as part of round-the-world bid
News
Reuters 2 min read

Solar plane takes on Atlantic as part of round-the-world bid

Uber drivers, if employees, owed $730 million more: U.S. court papers
News
Reuters 2 min read

Uber drivers, if employees, owed $730 million more: U.S. court papers

Weird Phenomenon In Missouri Is Boggling People’s Minds
Trending
David Clarke 3 min read

Weird Phenomenon In Missouri Is Boggling People’s Minds

Supreme Court declines to rehear union fees dispute
News
Reuters 1 min read

Supreme Court declines to rehear union fees dispute

load more Loading posts...

sidebar

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

sidebar-alt

  • About Us
  • Imprint
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • For Advertisers