(RNS) Abercrombie & Fitch violated civil rights law when the clothier
refused to hire a Muslim woman because she wears a headscarf, a federal
district court has ruled.
"We were very excited to hear that the judge made the right decision
in finding that Abercrombie & Fitch was wrong when they chose to
discriminate against Samantha Elauf for choosing to wear a head scarf,"
said Zahra Billoo of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Elauf applied for a job at the retailer in Tulsa, Okla., in 2008,
and learned she was rejected because she wears a headscarf, also known
as a hijab.
