Muslim woman denied employment takes her fight to Supreme Court

Rasa - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it would consider whether a Muslim woman denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store because she wears a head scarf was required to specifically request a religious accommodation.

News ID: 1305

Date: 04 October 2014 - 18:56

RNA - The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to take up a case involving the rights of Muslims to wear headscarves on the job, but the case seems unlikely to provide a definitive ruling on when employees can freely wear Hijab.

At issue is how employers must deal with laws that require them to make allowances for a worker's religious practices, as long as doing so does not cause the business too much hardship.

In the case headed to the Supreme Court, a Muslim woman who regularly wears a headscarf was denied a retail-floor job at an Oklahoma branch of the clothing chain, apparently due to a no-caps requirement that is part of A&F's "look" policy.

This is while wearing headscarf has not been specified for Muslim woman. According to Christian religious sources, Saint Mary herself always used to wear headscarf before leaving house.

But Daily Mail quotes the appeals court as saying Elauf never directly informed her interviewer she needed a religious accommodation, even though she was wearing the headscarf during her interview.

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