New York City's Noguchi Museum said on Wednesday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyeh head scarves, which have become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

The Noguchi Museum said the headscarves, a symbol of Palestinian identity, violated a dress code that recently banned “political messages, slogans or symbols.”

New York City’s Noguchi Museum said yesterday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyeh head scarves,