Supreme Court rules for Muslim job applicant

(The Christian Science Monitor) Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch lost at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a case filed by a Muslim teenager who was turned down for a job because she wore a religious headscarf.

In an 8-to-1 decision, the nation’s highest court said that the company had an obligation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to offer the job applicant a religious accommodation, even though she never asked for one.

The decision puts American employers on notice: “An employer may not make a job applicant’s religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, a factor in employment decisions.”