re: Anyone else notice a lot more hijab wearers in BR lately?

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1. There has been a sizeable Muslim population in Baton Rouge for decades. The PETE and CHEME programs brought a lot of Muslims from Saudi Arabia and Iran in the 70's.

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That's true in any college town with significant engineering programs, and any mid-large size city has pockets of immigrant communities. But the wearing of traditional garb has become much more noticeable in the last few years. The younger and more recent immigrants make a point of it - and I'm not talking about BR specifically.