The manager, Colon said, gave the women two choices: take off the headscarves, or wear a helmet over them.
Taking off the hijabs was "not an option," Colon told WTIC-TV in Hartford.
She said she has worn the traditional headscarf for 16 years and has it on "wherever I go."
She and the other relative went back to their car and missed the party.
"I wear this with pride," Colon said. "I was mortified -- by asking someone to wear a helmet you are actually ostracizing us.
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations said yesterday it filed a complaint with Connecticut's Human Rights Commission.
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