Religious bias complaint filed over store hiring
Religious bias complaint filed over store hiring
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By Carla Hinton
Published: August 1, 2008
Modified: July 31, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Modified: July 31, 2008 at 10:26 pm
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.
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What is sought
Hashmi said CAIR is asking that the store offer the applicant a formal apology. He also said the organization wants the store's policy on religious accommodation clarified and workplace sensitivity and diversity training to be implemented for employees there.
He said she was told by Abercrombie store officials that she could not wear black and she accepted that rule, but wanted to wear her hajib, the traditional Islamic headscarf often worn by Muslim women.
"She asked if there would be a problem initially and was told there wouldn't be,” Hashmi said. Elaus said she was told that her hiring was quashed by a leader at the store's district level.
"Being Muslim and wearing a hijab is who I am,” she said. "I've had jobs before and was never not hired because I wear a hijab.”
She said she was hired by another mall store shortly after being rejected by Abercrombie.
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Culture and Lifestyle, Religion, Business, Jobs and Labor, Employment Discrimination, Worklife, Islam
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CAIR is an organization linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas by documents found by our fenderal government. Why they get any press is beyond me.