Judge: Abercrombie wrongly fired Muslim for hijab

[The Straight Story]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that trendy clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch wrongly fired a Muslim worker who insisted on wearing a head scarf.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said the company violated anti-discrimination laws when it fired Hani Khan from its Hollister store in San Mateo, Calif., in 2010. Rogers issued the ruling on Tuesday.

The company claimed the head scarf violated its policy governing the look of its employees, which it said was part of its marketing strategy. The store argued that deviating from its look policy would affect sales.

But the judge said Abercrombie & Fitch offered no "credible evidence" that Khan's head scarf cost the company any sales.

"Abercrombie only offers unsubstantiated opinion testimony of its own employees to support its claim of undue hardship," Rogers said.


http://bigstory.ap.org/article/judge-abercrombie-wrongly-fired-muslim-hijab

[rocktivity]

1. Normally, A&F likes generating controversy this time of year

because kids are picking out back-to-school clothes and it's cheaper than national advertising:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1897446&mesg_id=1897446

But this time around, I don't think this what they had in mind!


rocktivity

[msongs]

2. not likely that most of A&Fs men customers pay any attention to women clerks lol nt