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Judge: Abercrombie & Fitch's Muslim garb ban violated bias laws
San Jose Mercury News ^ | Sept 9, 2013 | Howard Mintz

Posted on 09/10/2013 6:40:12 AM PDT by kevcol

Hip clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, under fire for years for its policies restricting Muslim employees from wearing religious headscarves, violated the civil rights of a former employee at one of the company's Bay Area stores, a federal judge has ruled.

In a recent ruling, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Abercrombie violated anti-discrimination laws when it fired Hani Khan from her job at a Hollister store in 2010 for refusing to remove her hijab on the job.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: hijab; islam; muslims; sharialaw
Another case of showing up for the interview without it
and once hired wearing it to work is my guess...



1 posted on 09/10/2013 6:40:12 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Don’t hire people with a ME name, there problem fixed.


2 posted on 09/10/2013 6:41:44 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: kevcol

So stick her in an office position where no one will see her.


3 posted on 09/10/2013 6:42:21 AM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: kevcol

Hmmmm...who do I hate more...Abercrombie & Fitch or Muslims.


4 posted on 09/10/2013 6:43:15 AM PDT by ZX12R (Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
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To: kevcol
A short quiz...

Would Judge Gonzalez be a:

A)Reagan appointee
B)Osma Obama appointee
C)Mao Tse Tung appointee

The answer,of course,is “C”...but honorable mention is given to those answering “B”.

5 posted on 09/10/2013 6:51:54 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If Obama Had A City It Would Look Like Detroit)
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To: kevcol

Wow, I had no idea that they had a policy that permitted headscarves for anyone but Islamic followers...

Oh, right, no one was permitted to wear headscarves, therefor it wasn’t discriminatory since they enforced their policy equally among all employees. But that’s ok, now it is discrimination to be non-discriminatory and not create special exceptions for certain religious groups.

Wait, isn’t that discriminating against those who aren’t Muslim?

And what if employees change religions every two days? Who is looking out for their invisible rights?

Slippery slope rulings, making laws for exceptions, these are the ways you destroy a society. The court is inserting itself into a private contract on private property.


6 posted on 09/10/2013 6:52:47 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: kevcol
...when it fired Hani Khan from her job at a Hollister store in 2010 for refusing to remove her hijab on the job.

Obviously a misprint...they surely meant to say "tarpaulin".

7 posted on 09/10/2013 6:54:26 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If Obama Had A City It Would Look Like Detroit)
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To: kevcol

Canadians just bought them out it’s their problem now. OOPs that was some other hi-priced outfit. Put her to work in the 10th floor unairconditioned stock room and cut her down to 29hrs.


8 posted on 09/10/2013 6:55:56 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: kevcol

Wait until this judge finds out about the dress code at Hooters!


9 posted on 09/10/2013 7:00:18 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: kevcol

Hijab and halter top


10 posted on 09/10/2013 7:00:21 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: kevcol

B-O-O-H-O-O FOR THE STUPID MUSLIM BRAT!


11 posted on 09/10/2013 7:00:40 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
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To: Excellence

The problem isn’t at this particular store, or for A&F, but for all of us, as this judge’s ruling will be used as a legal precedence for all kinds of Muslim mischief.

Now, food preparation workers can demand no pork products on the job, animal handlers can demand no dogs or pigs, and cab drivers can forbid drunk passengers or anyone carrying alcohol, just to name a few.

In the past couple of months alone, business owners have been legally made slaves to gays and now... Muslims.


12 posted on 09/10/2013 7:01:39 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: kevcol

Who’s the dhimmi?


13 posted on 09/10/2013 7:06:07 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Alas Babylon!

I agree. But sticking her in the back will keep her from being rewarded for her little stunt with face time.


14 posted on 09/10/2013 7:07:06 AM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Well, some of them are Christians. My solution is to deport all the Muslims in America.


15 posted on 09/10/2013 7:20:06 AM PDT by ZULU (Barack Hussein Obama is the Lord of Misrule)
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To: Alas Babylon!
"In the past couple of months alone, business owners have been legally made slaves to gays and now... Muslims."

This ruling is California specific, I believe, and another reason for business to get out. Yet, nothing seems to stop the California government form making the state ever more oppressive and hostile to free enterprise.

16 posted on 09/10/2013 7:57:38 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: kevcol

You think they would have discovered sheitels, by now....


17 posted on 09/10/2013 8:53:45 AM PDT by Eepsy
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To: kevcol

Well you dumb asses should not have hired her in the first place......


18 posted on 09/10/2013 9:26:34 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: kevcol

My religion requires me to work without pants. I guess they have to hire me too.


19 posted on 09/10/2013 10:15:48 AM PDT by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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