Religious bias complaint filed over store hiring

 
By Carla Hinton
Published: August 1, 2008

The Council on American Islamic Relations Oklahoma chapter has filed a religious discrimination complaint on behalf of a Muslim woman who said she was denied employment at a Tulsa store because of her headscarf.

Thursday Samantha Elaus , 18, of Tulsa said she applied for a job at the Abercrombie children's clothing store in Woodland Hills Mall and was "shocked” when she was told her Islamic headscarf or ‘h...


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