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  • Car company must pay up for scarf ban

    06/02/2007 1:38:20 PM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 21 replies · 838+ views
    ninemsn.com ^ | 06/30/07 | AP
    AP - A United States federal jury in Phoenix has ruled a car rental company must pay a Muslim woman $US288,000 ($A348,500) after firing her for wearing a head scarf during the holy month of Ramadan. Bilan Nur was fired by Alamo Rent A Car just four months after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. She had worked at the company's Phoenix offices since 1999. Then 22, Nur complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which sued the company for what it called a "post 9-11 backlash". The suit says she was fired in violation of the Civil Rights...