Friday, September 18, 2009

CAIR Behind Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Lawsuit


The Council on American Islamic Relations is at it again. Once again they are trying to get companies across the country to fall in line and cater to Islam. If things do not change, Islam will eventually win by taking over from within.

Hat tip to The Religion of Peace.

Teen at center of rights suit
A federal agency alleges that a retailer did not hire her because of her hijab.

By GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer
Published: 9/18/2009 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 9/18/2009 4:33 AM

A popular national chain of clothing stores is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a Muslim Tulsa teenager because she wears a hijab, a religiously mandated head scarf.

The EEOC filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Abercrombie & Fitch in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, modified in 1991, as the basis for the action.

The suit says that Samantha Elauf, 17, applied in June 2008 for a sales job at the Abercrombie Kids store in Woodland Hills Mall.

A district manager allegedly told her that the hijab, which Elauf wears in observance of her religious beliefs, did not fit the store's image.

"Defendant refused to hire Ms. Elauf because she wears a hijab, claiming that the wearing of headgear was prohibited by its Look Policy, and, further, failed to accommodate her religious beliefs by making an exception to the Look Policy," the lawsuit states.

Elauf went to the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma, which helped her file a complaint with the EEOC in Oklahoma City.

The Civil Rights Act protects people from discrimination based upon religion in hiring and in the terms of their employment, an EEOC press release says.

The law requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee unless doing so would create an "undue hardship" for the employer.



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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I dont understand why this is an example of "Islamofacism." Why shouldn't all citizens of our country be offered equal opportunity for employment. If you think that Muslims should be excluded from civil rights, then maybe YOU don't deserve to be an American. I for one believe in freedom and justice for all.

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