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- Nov 22, 2010
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According to an article by Steven Greenhouse in The New York Times, that’s around 25% of the 3,386 religious discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the year end*ing Sep*tem*ber 30, 2009 – an awful lot considering that Muslims make up less than 2% of the population in the United States. It’s also 20% more complaints than were filed by Muslims in 2008 and 60% more than in 2005.
Here are the last three paragraph’s of the article:
Imane Boud*lal, a 26-year-old from Casablanca, Morocco, had worked for two years as a host*ess at the Sto*ry*tellers Café at Dis*ney*land in Ana*heim, Calif., when she decided she would begin wear*ing her hijab at work dur*ing Ramadan last month. Ms. Boud*lal said her super*vi*sors told her that if she insisted on wear*ing the scarf, she could work either in back or at a tele*phone job. She refused and has not worked while the dispute continues.
Dis*ney offi*cials said her head scarf clashed with the restaurant’s early-1900s theme, and they pro*posed a period hat with some scarf that would fall over her ears. Ms. Boud*lal rejected that as un-Muslim. “They wanted to hide the fact that I looked Mus*lim,” she said.
Michael Griffin, a Disney spokesman, said the company’s “cast members” agree to comply with its appearance guidelines. “When cast members request exceptions to our policies for religious reasons, we strive to make accommodations,” he said, adding that Disney has accommodated more than 200 such requests since 2007.
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