28 June 2011

US Muslim woman sues Abercrombie over hijab

A US Muslim woman sued Abercrombie & Fitch, accusing the clothing retailer of firing her for refusing to remove her religious head scarf, a Muslim advocacy group said.

Hani Khan of San Mateo, California, alleged that store managers had told her to remove her hijab as part of the clothing chain's "Look Policy," the Council of American-Islamic Relation (CAIR) said in a statement.

Khan was fired from her job at an Abercrombie & Fitch store in California in February 2010, after working there for four months, when she refused to comply with the managers' request, according to CAIR. [AFP] Read more