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Supreme Court Rules for Muslim Woman Denied Job at Clothing Store
2015-06-01 17:15:46| Apparel - Topix.net
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons. On a 8-1 vote, the court handed a win to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , a federal agency that sued the company on behalf of Samantha Elauf.
Northwestern Muslim chaplain claims discrimination on United flight
2015-05-31 23:58:57| Airlines - Topix.net
Tahera Ahmad, a Muslim chaplain at Northwestern University, says she was discrimated against by a flight attendant for Shuttle America, which provides shuttle service for United Airlines. Tahera Ahmad, a Muslim chaplain at Northwestern University, says she was discrimated against by a flight attendant for Shuttle America, which provides shuttle service for United Airlines.
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Muslim chaplain from NU claims racist remarks on United flight
2015-05-30 19:48:44| Airlines - Topix.net
A Muslim chaplain from Northwestern University said a United Airlines flight attendant made derogatory comments to her after she requested an unopened can of Diet Coke on a flight from Chicago to Washington D.C. Tahera Ahmad, an associate chaplain and director of interfaith engagement, relayed the incident on Facebook while she was on the flight Friday night. She told her followers she was in tears following the exchange, which prompted a passenger to swear at her and also made anti-Muslim remarks.
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Oregon Muslim says auto dealer coworkers taunted him as 'terrorist'
2015-04-11 16:17:43| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
An Iranian-born Muslim accuses three luxury auto dealerships in the Portland metropolitan area - all his former employers - of racial and religious harassment that put him out of a job. Masoud Faraji, a 46-year-old Lake Oswego resident, alleges in court papers that in 2013 coworkers at Lithia's Beaverton Mercedes-Benz repeatedly called him a "terrorist," mocked his religion and told him he needed to be "hung" from the dealership's Mercedes sign.
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'God commanded' family planning, says Muslim leader flood-ravaged Malawi
2015-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WGBH: A village chief in Malawi, Sheikh Mosa, is trying to persuade other chiefs in his area to support family planning. For two villages in southern Malawi, climate change and contraception have become intertwined. So much so, that long-held cultural assumptions are starting to change. Sheikh Mosa is chief of one of the villages, Mposa. He says theres been a massive shift in mindset toward family planning as people in the villages begin to feel the effects of population growth and climate change...
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