* ‘Equal opportunity’ and ‘non-discriminatory’ practices in the West encourage Muslim groups to launch lawsuits on to attack the fashion industry:
CAIR pontificates list of demands — including “apologies,” “religious accommodations,” and “sensitivity and diversity training” — to Abercrombie
* ”We will use your liberal laws against you..’ from ‘Zarqawi’
* Related: Mumbai cops get lessons on understanding Muslims
* Bushra Noah won 4000.00 pounds against a British hairdresser
* The hijab is NOT a fashion item
But the MCB whines and pushes the agenda: Prayer, Hijab in US Job Rights Manual
…and why shouldn’t the ever so hip hijab be a part of ultra-image conscious Abercrombie’s latest fashion wear? “Oklahoma Muslim denied job because of Islamic scarf,” from Islamophobia Watch, August 1:
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) announced today that it has filed an EEOC complaint on behalf of a Muslim woman who was allegedly denied employment at an Abercrombie Kids store in that state because of the applicant’s religiously-mandated headscarf, or hijab.
The woman told CAIR-OK that a district manager claimed he could not hire her because her Islamic headscarf “does not fit the Abercrombie image.”
“Employers have a clear legal duty to accommodate the religious practices of their workers,” said CAIR-OK Executive Director Razi Hashmi. “To deny someone employment because of apparent religious bias goes against long-standing American traditions of tolerance and inclusion.”
Sounds more like a fashion “bias” than a “religious” one.
Hashmi noted that Abercrombie & Fitch’s corporate “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics” states: “The Company will adhere to its employment policies of non-discrimination as it relates to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation or handicap and will ensure compliance with all legal and other regulations governing employment.”
In a letter to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jefferies, CAIR-OK asked the company to 1) offer the Muslim applicant a formal apology, 2) clarify the company’s policy on religious accommodation, and 3) institute workplace sensitivity and diversity training.
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Geez, these people are stupid! They are making enemies so much faster than they are making allies.
I can see it now..DEM females rushing-out to purchase their Hajib to be “PC”.