Muslim Women to Sue Abercrombie & Fitch for Alleged Hijab Discrimination
- Posted on June 27, 2011 at 2:59pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) is no stranger to controversy and conflict. In the past, groups have accused the company of racism, sexism, and not paying employees in a timely fashion. Now, two Muslim women are reportedly set to sue the clothing giant in claims that they were discriminated against.
The first woman, Samantha Elauf, says that she was not hired by a Tulsa, Oklahoma store because she was wearing a hijab (Islamic headscarf). The other woman, who has not yet been publicly named, claims that a San Mateo, California branch fired her for refusing to remove her religious headscarf.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, responsible for protecting Americans in the workplace, is bringing a lawsuit against A&F on behalf of Elauf (the commission is also examining the second case). The trial for the case is set to begin on July 18. According to NewsOK:
The case, filed Sept. 16, 2009, in federal court in Tulsa, accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of refusing to hire Samantha Elauf, then 17, because her hijab, or head scarf, violates the company’s “Look Policy.” Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers from discrimination based upon religion in hiring and in the terms and conditions of their employment.
The second case, involving the woman who claims she was fired for not removing her headscarf, will likely be filed sometime today by the Bay Area Council for American-Islamic Relations and The Legal Aid Society. In this instance, too, the company’s “look policy” was at the root cause of the allegations. Mail Online has more:
The company has become well-known for its controversial ‘look policy’, which provides strict guidelines governing how employees dress.
It stipulates that staff must represent ‘a natural classic American style’ and instructs them on everything from how to wear their hair (clean and natural) to how long they should wear their nails (a quarter of an inch past the end of the finger).
Both cases pit company and employment policies against individual religious beliefs.
What do you think? Should A&F reserve the right to create these clothing policies, or are they violating individual rights by doing so?
UPDATE: The woman in the second case has now been identified as Hani Khan. SouthSanFrancisco Patch has more:
Hani Khan, 20, said it was the first time in her life she had faced discrimination since she started wearing a headscarf in kindergarten. As a Muslim, she chooses to wear a headscarf, or hijab, that covers her hair, ears and neck as part of her religious practice of modesty when in public.
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Comments (317)
PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:30pmThere are at present, over 50 Shria cases in US courts. Those muslims pushing Shria want court cases, so they can set-up Shria in our legal system. Dimmuborqir is right, this was planned, this is how Shria got into the UK courts.
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:30pmScarf on the head, scarf on the head. Looking silly with the scarf on the head.
Report Post »woemcat
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:18pmlove it!!!! :0)
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:28pmNext thing, they will want to work at Hooters amd wear those sexy bed sheets and towels.
Report Post »SunnyinVegas
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:38pmLOL! You’re funny
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:28pmIs wearing sandels and a toga appropriate….The answer is NO. Don’t want to assimilate then go back to the rock cave you came from and push your violent anti-women garbage onto your own kind.
Report Post »FreedomCostsblood
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:28pmIt’s called a Dress Code. If you can’t meet the dress code, you can’t work there. Plain and simple
Report Post »woemcat
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:22pmexactly. i’m really sick and tired of equal-ling ourselves to death. we’ve got to have standards and allow companies to have standards. now if they didn’t hire her because of race, that would be a different thing (companies should hire the best and brightest based on true merit). however, there IS such a thing as business dress and every day dress in this country. the girl CAN dress business dress for her job and then put on her every day dress (aka her religious dress) upon leaving work. it’s called being in and out of uniform. this is a private business and as a private business, it has a right to impose a certain uniform for its employees. she can take it or leave it.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:27pmI love the tolerance on this page, it makes me feel all fuzzy inside.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:38pmWe’ll see how tolerant you are when a muslim terrorist attack directly affects you personally.
Report Post »jacobstroubles
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:03pmJezreel is correct! We’ll see how tolereant you are.
Report Post »They (islmic clerics) are already calling for a jihad against the west!
They are going to expect the clerics in the USA to do the same!
What exactly do you think is going to happen when the all the islamic clerics here in the US start telling all their people that they must adhere to the quran? I’ll happily answer that for you:
They will absolutley follow what their clerics tell them to do according to the quran.
You better educate yourself on that pretty quickly, casue it’s coming.
Do you know how many muslims are here in the USA?….
Jack
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:55pmTolerance !!! Are you kidding me they should “tolerate” the policy of A&F !!! Who decides who tolerates who anyway? If you think you decide, then you should be more tolerant of the views of the party whom is being intolerant ….. Haha
TOLERATE THIS!!!
Now don’t be intolerant of my views….. Breathe, count to ten and “tolerate”
Report Post »ClockKing
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:20pmTolerance is going to be the death of us. END all tolerance. Follow our way or get out of the way.
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:25pmWith the environment in Hollister, GillyHicks or AF Muslim women would not wear clothes from the employer as a way to sell it. The women would not be able to fill the requirements like this so she should not apply in the first place.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:24pmamerica’s rules allow for freedom of expression,religious freedom[as long as you don't break other laws]and liberty .You’re a surrender monkey to your own professed values!.Thin skinned hypocrites , whose professed beliefs that you’re the freest ,most tolerant people the world has ever known proved to be a much inflated house of cards when put to the test 5 minutes after 9-11 [when you got some never dreamed of blowback] as you dictate to the world what values they should have!.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:11pmTHERE IS A SPECIAL place in HELL for you. ANYONE who would dare to throw the 9/11 HORROR to us in the USA in any way trying to justify the actions of murdering animals is going to be dealt with by GOD. THE REAL GOD.
YOU have no facts; you cannot present any argument …you are just here to smear your garbage…do you think we are bowed by your horrible people’s actions? WE believe in GOD. WE KNOW that these people who committed this crime will rot in HELL. This life is just a transitory one, It’s where GOD gets to separate the Wheat from the Chaft.
Come on here every day…all day, you freak….you make my argument for me. Most people can’t believe how horrible and evil you guys are. Most people wanted to give you jerks the benefit of the doubt. YOU, better than most anyone else, prove how horrible and dangerous to AMERICA you are.
Those people who have not read “THEY MUST BE STOPPED” by Brigette Gabrielle (Amazon for $10) may not believe that you jerks are the stinking threats you are. BUT every time you spew your “9/11″ was deserved BS, every time you stand up for your freaks over AMERICAN PATRIOTISM…every time (actually) you post anything..you just prove my point.
THERE IS NOTHING that says we, Americans, have to tolerate MURDERING, EVIL FREAKS who want to ruin our FREEDOM!! … I feel so sorry for your “tricked” members…those who bought the lies about “Peace and Love” …who didn’t understand that they were being TRAPPED
Report Post »bedspirit
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:16pmIf Fox ever creates one those religious channels, they should give you a show. By the way, I noticed an instance where you used the word “Americans” and you didn’t PUT IT ALL IN CAPS!!! WTF?!! We’re not just Americans, we’re AMERICANS, M****** F*******! FREEDOM! GOD! USA! everyone else will rot in HELL! F*** YEAH!
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 3:33am@ROSE: this is not the only place you have posted your demonic hateful bloodlust – describing the muder of thousands of civilians on 9-11 as justifiable “blowback”. Seek help.
Report Post »Crawfish Festival
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:06amYou are a COWARD – a Freak of Nature – just like the 9-11 hijackers.
Your post is so ridiculous – claiming that Americans dictate to the world – how everyone else should live their lives.
Wasn’t 9-11 a reflection of how RADICAL ISLAM wants the world to kowtow to their insanity?
Muslim extremists expecting to force their way of life upon the rest of the world through jihad – and Acts of Terrorism?
WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!!
Come up with something else, Rose-Ellen. You have NOTHING, brown shirt!
Report Post »Mikhail Kennedy
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:38amRose bin Ellen
Report Post »You should post twice in a row as you are only half a person according to your moon god.
Allah is Satan and mohamed is his demon.
jtm
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:24pmIt never ceases to amaze me to see an American woman become Muslim and wear one of these things and become part of this despicable religion. Guess they like to be dominated by men. Makes me want to spit on them.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:23pmThese trials are starting to get ridiculous. If a retailer can not set “standards” for its employees to neutralise fallout from zealots in the public square then they might as well just close the brick and mortar stores and do what Amazon.com does only online sales. And then those who want to wear religious items can do so since nobody can tell if your naked on the phone or not.
Report Post »An AmericanMom
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:23pmQuestion….what will Hooters do….if a Muslim woman wants to work there????
Report Post »I’m thinking a burka and orange shortie shorts might not be within Sharia law…..whats next Playboy? This is crazy! Wake up America…..
let us prey
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:21pmTurning the clock back would be good.
Report Post »Tubman2010
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:17pmI’m not racist and I actually really enjoy diversity but I honestly want the burka/jihab wearing, Sharia Law following, jihad loving Muslim people out of my freaking country. I have two degrees, am well read and have traveled the world; in other words liberals, I am not an ignorant hillbilly as you’d like to say. These people do not fit in with our culture, nor do they repect it. Get out and stay out. If you don’t think that the plan of many Muslims is to take over this country then you are living with your head in a hole. We need to press the next administration to not let any more Muslims in this country. I’m sorry to those Muslims who respect the US and are peaceful but we have to protect our country.
Report Post »jtm
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:28pmDiversity is destroying this country. Show me a country where there is little or no diversity, and I’ll show you a strong culture. It’s just the way it is. France and England are more Muslim than English or French these days. At one point, I was supportive of diversity, but no longer. I’m sure many will follow suit.
Report Post »mutslie
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:51pmWELL SAID……………‘ now lets make it happen’, VOTE 2012……..‘that’ll do it !!
Report Post »AmericanLass
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:17pmBoth cases pit company and employment policies against individual religious beliefs. But I was under the understanding that it isn’t about the individual beliefs but the collective. What about women and children’s rights in your religion. Girls are mutilated as children. Women have no rights, can be killed for being raped. Children are molested, where are their rights. No worries there Abercrombie & Fitch, you have a great case. Its just a move on your company to get you to comply using hateful tactics.
Report Post »rbcintexas
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:17pmNot guilty!
Report Post »Grumpy old Flight Nurse
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:16pmThats OK. HOOTERS is looking for help.
Report Post »selenesteets
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:16pmAbercrombie can do whatever they want. The company always struck me as a bunch of jerks. This is them being jerks. I don’t shop there.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:48pmThe high school kids lately have started to flirt with the scarf wearing girls at the mall. I saw it happen once and I couldn’t stop laughing.
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:11pmKeep your head covered and go back to whence you came from. Dune Coon.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:35pmLucky for you, islam is a very racist creed.. Arabs are the originating muslims.. That’s really why Saudi Arabia hates Iran so much, Iran’s feelings mutual..
It’s also why Arabs hate Indonesians.. or maybe they weren’t muslim enough.. who really knows with those former slaves of Turks the Arabs.. Oh jeeze, there’s another bunch of racist muslims..
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/After-Ruyati%E2%80%99s-beheading,-Jakarta-stops-migrants-from-going-to-Saudi-Arabia-21925.html
Report Post »dovesong
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:11pmThe Muslims will win. They always do.
Report Post »mutslie
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:19pmStuff ‘ muzlums, I just dislike them & islam with passion ! ……‘to hell with all of em’. ‘knuckleheads
Report Post »swalt
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:55pmI truly believe we will see a HUGE holy war, much like the crusades, in the near future. True Americans are not going to stand idly by and watch our country overtaken by these evil tyrants. We MUST protect our 2nd amendment rights so when it starts, we can take care of what needs to be done. But THEY must be the first ones to start it … otherwise we will be the bad guys in the worlds eyes. Once they kick it off … we go to work.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:09pmYou can bet Eric the COWard Holder will bend over backwards for CAIR.
Report Post »Anonymous what a freaking sham.
ISRAELISOURFRIEND
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:09pmTo our treasonous Congress:
PROTECT OUR COUNTRY OR WE WILL!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:27pmAll talk and no action make americans a nation of frustrated [genocidal but impotent] manipulated by Fox sheep!.
Report Post »Boson Higgs
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:42pmHoe does Mary Ellen manged to type while wearing her straight-jacket ???
Report Post »getalong
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:53pmRose Ellen, Why is it that when you are asked direct questions, you don’t answer them. Seems to me you have alot to condemn, but when asked to show facts, you disappear. Progressives are cowards. Here are a few great questions for you. How much is enough, and who decides how much is enough? When you have an answer for those questions, let me know. In the meantime, I am going to have myself a chocolate shake, a big juicey burger, and than I will get into my V8 leather-seated gas-guzzling car, and go by something at Abercrombie. Why? Because this is America, baby!
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:20pm@Rose — We prefer to use the courts to settle arguments. In the Middle East, which you seem to favor, they use guns.
Courts do not imply impotence.
On the basis of what facts do you claim America is genocidal? State your facts, if you have any. Otherwise, you opinion is worthless and w/o any merit whatsoever.
America has run on merit up to this point. I pray it does not move away fm that.
Report Post »melmatmic
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:51amRose-Ellen has not written a complete coherent sentence yet. Does anyone understand what she has typed?????
Report Post »cheeze is crust
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:08pmI hope it works out in their favor. That would give me precedent to wear my Jesus Codpiece to work.
Report Post »selenesteets
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:14pmHa!
Report Post »oriondma05
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:33pmI just spit on my monitor I was laughing so hard. Jesus codpiece!
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:07pmProblem Solver – make everyone at A&F wear a uniform.
That way – they can hire anyone they want and require then to wear whatever they pick. If anyone says that they have to wear a specific piece of clothing – then say – Not here bay-bee
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:05pmI wonder how many employees will be laid off by A&F to cover their legal expenses .
Report Post »Hands off the private sector .
the hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:41pmCome On Eric THAT would be way TO easy !
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:42pmWhat’s the big deal ACLU…they wouldn’t hire Anthony Weiner in his assless chaps either!!!
Report Post »ISRAELISOURFRIEND
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:07pmTolerance for an Intolerant Religion is insanity!
Americans must rid this nation of it’s cancer!
You’d cut off your hand to save your body if it were infected with it.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:32pmAmericanism- the religion of 21st century surrender monkeys to their own inflated professed [though always exagerated] values.Americanism the religion of 21st century genocidal nazi’s.
Report Post »swalt
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:50pmRosie old girl … if you are that is … you are obviously a certified kook.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:01pmyou an american rose?
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:44pmI SAY LET HER WEAR THE Hijab ! ONLY SHE’LL FIT RIGHT IN !
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:16pm@Rose — what is it w/you and this truly bizarre idea that Americans are generally genocidal? Do you live here in the States or are you overseas and have never been here? If this is the case, you need to explore other media than the left-wing sometime. Broaden your horizons and see that America is a good country! Sure, it’s not perfect, but no country is. We are the most open minded of any country on the planet. We openly squabble about everything fm religion to politics w/o slaughtering one another. We may find other cultures offensive to our sensibilities, in line w/the best of the Enlightenment tradition, but we don’t try to exterminate them. In fact, we often use our power to end extermination bids of one group against another. Witness — the Balkans. We used military power to stop the extermination of muslims at the hands of Serbian so-called Christians, who forgot Whom they serve. We put a stop to Saddam and his murderous sons, sparing the lives of countless Iraqi muslims, only to see our efforts spit on by muslims and Iraqi Christians set upon by salafists.
You need to examine America more closely, dig in, and find a society that is open and willing to come to the aid of the underdog.
Report Post »Steve
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 3:35amNazi’s……Where are we hiding the ovens?
Such a poor argument. Intellectually dishonest and absurdly disconnected.
Such a poor soul.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:04pmWhat nerve…go back to where you came from and take your bubishka with you!
Report Post »Mike Westfall No Hiding
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:08pmBut it would be OK to fire a woman or man for wearing a Christian cross on a necklace? I bet you that be about right…
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:10pmrose ellen chose to be anonymous. boohooo
Report Post »Locked
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:13pmThe ignorance is astounding. You mean Babushka, which is Russian for grandmother, and popularly referenced as a headscarf? Russia… Middle East… it’s all Asia, right? Oy vey.
It’s like saying a mitre is a baseball cap. If you’re going to insult, at least be accurate in the group you’re mad at.
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:15pmShut up MIKE
you know they did this so they could sue.
Show me one case where a Christian goes to get a job with a gigantic cross around their neck to purposfully get turned down.
And answer this, why would 2 mulim women who are obviously very religious (or they would have removed the scarves to work there) even apply at a job that promotes such sexuality and clothes women in barely nothing??
you can’t, it’s a set up, muslims do this all the time.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:16pmShe should win in court.You can’t tell someone to remove a religious garment in the workplace.it’s discrimination,plain and simple!.[a burqu's a different story,as it hides the person and should be banned in a workplace].
Report Post »loaded454
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:22pmWhen you apply for a job, any job, you should research the company and see if their policies fall in line with your values. This dress code has been public knowledge for years. These women saught employment with the intent to take the company to court. This is financial Jihad.
As far as the cross goes, as long as it fits into the dress code it should not a problem. Even as a proud christian, I would not wear a cross to work or flaunt my religeon to unwilling crowds because there is a time and a place for everything. I wear my heart on my sleeve and I live my faith. As long as I do this I don’t need to put on a show for everybody to notice. They ask me about my life because of the way I lead it, not the way I dress.
Report Post »Vixvenom
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:23pmOnly just beginning, part of the plan….overwhelm the system. You will see our courts nearly shut down from these types of things…..judges will quit, DA’s too…..all part of the plan…..won’t be long now……NWO….almost there.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:25pmWatch as A&F buckle under pressure and give into their every whim.
The damage caused by political correctness seems to far outweigh the benefits.
Report Post »Bonesaw
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:32pmIt’s like any other employment. Dress code. You have the choice of either abiding by the dress code, or to not work there. If the burka, or the hajib, or what ever else is not included in the acceptable dress code, then go work someplace else. But I guess that flies in the face of the liberal entitlement mindset. “No no, it’s not up to me to adhere to the employers guidelines, I deserve to work here and the employer has to abide by MY demands and guidelines.”
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:32pmWe’re going to “Politically Correct” ourselves into being extinct
And when we (Americans) try to make a comeback – they will have outlawed “white middleclass Americans” in America
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:35pmLemme cut and paste posts from the discussion we had here yesterday about the anti-Jew building in DC:
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encinom
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 6:35pm
I am sorry, but you pay the bills you make the rules…
I figured the defenders of Capitalisma and Rand‘s virture wouldn’t have aproblem with this.
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:39pmTwo can play at this game.
Next time you go ANYWHERE and someone attempts to help you wearing a hijab – politely tell them that their shoving their religion in your face makes you uncomfortable and that you would like another salesperson please.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:41pmOne more from the Jew-hating Qatari building thread :
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MONICNE
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 5:59pm
It’s refreshing to see so many patriots now embracing Regulation on private business, refuting Ayn Rand and other greed gods like Rand paul and Paul Ryan. We don’t need Jobs and Entrepreneurs that are free to try and make a Go! They need to be the right KIND of folks.
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Herndo
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:44pmTo: Mike Westfall No Hiding
Yes it would if they claimed the cross had to be 2 1/2 feet tall on a 3″ rope chain and that’s all you could see, like some flavor flave cross. But all the crosses I’ve seen can easily be dropped under your shirt if need be. Go work at GAP or Target.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:52pmHere’s ROSE-ELLEN the muslim extremist & sharia law lover .
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:53pmOK one more from the anti-Jew- building -of -DC thread
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jackbauer2012
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 5:22pm
I don’t understand the paranoia or concern at all. It’s a private business. They have the right to do what they want. If you don‘t like it then don’t go there………………..
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CatB
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:54pmNext place they will apply will be HOOTERS …
Report Post »EnoughBS
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:56pmThey don’t hire ugly people anyways. Plain and simple.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:56pmAbercrombie can hire who they darn well please – I bet that was a set up from the gitko. Don’t like the living/working conditions – leave, the door swings both ways!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:56pmPrivet Company can set their own dress codes…Live with it or go elsewhere!
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:01pmI agree with Dimmuborgir. The Muslim women in this case would have a hard time explaining why they wanted to work for a company that sells clothing known to be immodest by their standards and promotes sexuality. I think they did it so they could sue as well. There are other places they could work that would not violate their standards. I don’t drink because of religious reasons, so I wouldn’t apply for a job at say, a bar that served alchoholic drinks!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:07pmListen to this, all of it, and get a look into our future
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=377kKBi6anQ
cheezwhiz
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:11pmCatB
Report Post »Next place they will apply will be HOOTERS …
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and after that
MOONLITE BUNNY RANCH..
Going all the way baibay :D
sooner12
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:12pmI’m not a fan of Abercrombie $ Fitch with what they’ve done in the past, but I would support them against these Muslim women in their wearing the hijab. One must represent the company for which one works. If you want to work there you wear what the company wants.
This is an important probably heavily supported by the Muslim money. I hope they (Muslims) fail. However, the I see the Tulsa one failing and the California one succeeding.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:16pmHow about the fact that the hijab represents slavery to a man…
That violates the equal protection laws for women..
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:17pmThe first one is under burden of proof that she wasn’t hired because of religious beliefs, the second did not follow employee policy and they had a right to dismiss her as much as someone who wore a dirty tee shirt with dirty fingernails. The muslims learn quickly from Affirmative Action, don’t they?
Report Post »They will try every trick in the book to find the legal weaknesses and exploit them.
VanGrungy
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:20pmmuslims who display this level of piousness already know that they should not mix with boys..
Heck, muslims this pious know that they should not be out unaccompanied AT ALL…
Since she isn’t worried that she would be hurt by her father and/or brother and/or mother… she is clearly a legal probe..
Welcome to the new Lawfare… in your face and very insistent..
Report Post »Mike Westfall No Hiding
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:21pm@ Dimmmborgit (Dimwit?)
Shut up? You missed my point entirely. Of course they did this on purpose.
Regarding a case, I remember one when I lived in England that a flight attendant was not allowed to wear a cross and lost her job.
http://www.s0lidgr0und.org/showthread.php?10692-Christian-Flight-Attendant-Suspended-for-Wearing-Cross-Necklace
above is the link if you are skeptical. They have the same if not worse problems in England.
Christians are unruly made fun of by others. Did you see this hit piece by Rolling Stone on Michelle Bachmann?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michele-bachmanns-holy-war-20110622
Again, above is a link if you are skeptical.
I am only seeking the same tolerance of Christians we give to every body else you nitwit!!!
Report Post »mils
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:21pmRE”……Locked
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 3:13pm
The ignorance is astounding. You mean Babushka, which is Russian for grandmother, and popularly referenced as a headscarf? Russia… Middle East… it’s all Asia, right? Oy vey.
It’s like saying a mitre is a baseball cap. If you’re going to insult, at least be accurate in the group you’re mad at.
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you’re quite possibly the only one on this blog ignorant enough to not understand what she was talking about..no matter her reference to headscarves, grand mothers etc. try coming on back down to earth and help solve the problems…instead of siting on the sidelines trying to act superior.
PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:24pmI, nor anyone I know, will NEVER shop in any retail or dine or stay in any place that allows MUSLIMS to wear their ENSLAVEMENT-advertising TENTS. TAKE IT back to the M.E. you freaks. WHEN YOU COME TO AMERICAN…you become an AMERICAN. YOU are welcomed to worship as you please, even the Devil that you worship…but you are not allowed to come in and sue people for not going along with your sicko/freakie CULT. GET OVER IT. GET OUT OF HERE and take your sneaky, slimy, slippery Sharia law infested CULT with you. THIS IS AMERICA!!! YOU DO NOT get to take advantage of/USE OUR FREEDOMS
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Can you dig it? What part of that don’t you understand. I STAND WITH A&F !!! I don’t like their stupid, suggestive ads, but this makes me want to order something for my grand daughter who will appreciate it. THIS IS AMERICA!!! THIS IS NOT a country of push-overs…. LOCK AND LOAD people..these CULTIST freaks are pulling out all the stops…. DISGUSTING SUB-HUMANS. PS they do NOT worship the GOD of ABRAHAM…and they have not one…but TWO ‘Messiahs’ And they kill each other over which one prevails… THIS IS NO RELIGION of OUR GOD. THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM HELL …straight from the DEVIL. Order something from A&F and tell them WHY you are!!
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:28pmThink about it. If it was duct tape over the mouth instead of the hijab, half of you would have no problem with it. I wonder how come the ******* haven’t tried this shakedown at the playboy club?
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:30pmA&F, as with any business, has the right to set dress code and uniform policies for their employees. As long as no manger discriminated on the two ladies specifically for the religious association that the headscarfs carry, then they should be fine. A&F has a look that they want to portray, that’s their whole business model. Selling to teens and young adults on how to look. It is only natural that they’d want their employees to, at the very least, be as close to the image of what they are selling. Until they sell those headscarfs in the store, they can require employees to follow their uniform /dress policy.
Report Post »scjeff
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:31pmFunny thing: I did a Google search for Samantha Elauf and she is employed by Forever 21 and has it in her LinkedIn profile. I then looked up Forever 21 and found this funny typo on the next to last line:
Forever 21, Inc. operates a chain of fashion stores in the United States. Its stores offer clothing designs for women, such as casual tops, dressy tops, basics, sweaters, outerwear, pants, shorts, skirts, dresses, and denim; and shoes, accessories, jewelry, and inmates. The company’s products also… more
Report Post »Locked
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:33pm@MILS
“you’re quite possibly the only one on this blog ignorant enough to not understand what she was talking about..no matter her reference to headscarves, grand mothers etc. try coming on back down to earth and help solve the problems…instead of siting on the sidelines trying to act superior.”
Oh no, I understood completely. I‘m saying it’s idiotic to get information so wrong. Why would someone insult Russians in an article about Muslims? Because of ignorance; they honestly don’t understand anything about customs, cultures, or (potentially?) even the very group they’re trying to insult. The reference was wrong, and trying to brush it off as you’re doing is wrong as well. Purposefully being ignorant is ridiculous. We’re better than that here; let liberals make gaffes. I choose to actually learn and use my knowledge.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:37pmMUSLIM WOMEN TO SUE ABERCROMBIE & FITCH FOR ALLEGED HIJAB DISCRIMINATION
Go home and wear whatever you want, your hijab, your burka, your suicide vest…. or wear all of them…. but do it in the middle east…. you’re nothing but trouble makers and not Americas.
I support Israel and the American People
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:42pmI can’t believe I actually agree with Abercrombie and Fitch for once.
You work at the store, you need to abide by the dress code. Don’t like the dress code, don’t work there.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:47pmThere is also another angle not considered…
When (hijabed+) muslima girls mix with non-muslim girls, it‘s usually to provide an in for her brothers to ’court‘ the kafir sluts while appearing as a ’safe date‘ due to the muslima sister’s ‘friendship’ with the kafir sluts…
If that sounds like how some girls are lured into prostitution.. I agree..
Pimping is culturally innate when one strictly follows the tenants of jihad..
Slavery as natural is the underlying current of the whole culture of islam..
btw.. muslims are the new ‘black’ in the schoolyards…
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:49pmMaybe I’m just hateful and racist, but I have a funny idea… I think A&F should be able to fire anyone they want for not doing something they want them to do. If they have a policy to only hire black people, that’s fine, if they want to hire only women, that’s fine, if they only want to hire people with dots on their heads, that’s fine, if they only want to hire non muslims, that’s fine, I can choose to support or not support them with my certificate of appreciation (the dollar). It is a private company and they should be allowed to discriminate all they want, but then, we as consumers, are allowed to discriminate against them as well with our money.
I have a sneaky suspicion the mooslims are doing this for a quick lawsuit or a quick out of court settlement, perhaps if a&f was sharia compliant, they’d drop the case.
On a side note, would those women object to a&f if they had naked women with only their hijabs on?
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:50pmhttp://www.wnd.com/?pageId=170617
The companies that resist now will be punished financially… I’m sure CAIR is making a list of targets on an ongoing basis?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:59pmfor me, it would just be a visual indication to not go shopping at those stores…
not to mention… why would they be allowed to break a dress code, where as, other people cannot. that is called arrogant & selfish any way you look at it. i don’t think jews are allowed to where their yamakas/kippahs in certain jobs with certain dress codes…
FACT; you will NOT be jailed, beaten or stoned for NOT wearing your face mask, in public, within America.
ALSO: Picking and choosing witch rules to follow in a religion is not religion. that is not how it works…
If you demand that you wear a head covering then…
… to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; Abide still in your homes and make not a dazzling display like that of the former times of ignorance;
then there is this… Hence he considers head-covering a preferable practice but not a directive of the sharia (law).[16]
- not even a rule they have to follow.
The veiled woman has, over the years, become a symbol of Islamic self-assertion and a rejection of Western cultural hegemony.
Report Post »- So then we can display our rejections to islam?
regina4u
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:01pmi agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:24pmI’ve worked for A & F in the past. That place is where every Liberal punk eventually ends up working. Talk about a terrible corporate culture to work in. What these ******* are doing, well, this doesn’t surprise me at all. A & F will be sued by Mexican’s next. Then Indians. Then Chinese, etc., etc.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:28pmLet them go to work in a ****** country. If they are allowed to work there.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:44pmWhat the heck is with these “sue-crazy” people. If you don’t like the job, go get another one. Guess what, you radical freaking nutjobs (and no I am not talking about ALL Muslims), if you don’t like the way our country is run, than get the heck out of Dodge!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:30pmMike WESTFALL they can wear a cresent moon on a chain if they want ! Stop hateing the cross !
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:35pmWould a true spiratual Muslum Want to work their ? NO there father’s Might want to kill them !
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:36pmI bet she could’nt get hired at HOOTERS EITHER! LAWSUIT?
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:58pmAye, my cross is on a James Avery style ring and rather inconspicuous. Because I am an observant Christian, I would NOT apply to work at A&F because their products and ads go counter to my ethical and moral code which I work to align w/the Bible.
It does seem a ploy to beat up A&F financially.
Sorry — Rose-Ellen, they should lose in court, if it’s a fair court. It is similar to the cabbies in Minneapolis who refused to take fares fm people who were carrying liquor or had guide dogs. They wanted a “dust-up,” too.
Like the camel, give a muslim an inch, and he/she wants the mile that went with it.
Assimilate, muslims, if you want to make this your home. If not, go somewhere else to live.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:01pmA company has the right to decide how they want their employees and dress, mostly because they have learned what their customers want the employees to look like. If they do not look acceptable to the customers then they lose their business which means that they could lose their company. If people do not like the rules that a company has set up for their employees, then they need to look for a job somewhere else. These rules that they have set up is for every employee so where is the discrimination. This is what the governments intent is, it is only to try and drive the capitalist companies out of business.
Report Post »B4B
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:12pm@ Mike Westfall
Report Post »It would be if that was the company’s publicly stated policy and a condition of employment that no religious symbols be worn. Similar in the way that some places require no visible tatoos as a condition of employment. If a person is unhappy with the dress code at A&F, they should seek employment elsewhere. Period.
Major Snuggie
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:07pmGee, big suprise. They come to America where we are sue happy and jump on that band wagon too. When in Rome….
Report Post »frodis
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:20pmNo Rose she shouldn’t win. The private company has a right to a dress code. They made a choice to work there. Sounds fishy. Everyone will start claiming religious views say I need to wear my pants down below the waist. Who is to say what is a legitimate religion? If were free to our personal “religious” beliefs then the whole system will be screwed. Separation of church and business eh? It’s stuff like this that is tearing us down.
Report Post »WEBSTERSNEWESTWORD IMHO
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:42pmIt clearly states in the article she was 17 when applying. To work at Abercrombie and Fitch you must be 18, corporate policy. Case closed right?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:55pmto sue a company for discrimination for not hiring you requires PROOF,,,not your word why you think you didn’t get hired. Hell, I’ve applied for jobs and not been hired,,,,never crossed my mind to sue them for discrimination. Probably didn’t want the job anyway,,,just trying to used the system against us.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:14pmI won’t deal with anyone in a headscarf. If they are the salesperson, I skip it. If they are at the register, I go to another register. I won’t support wearing of headscarves because they are representative of Islam and thus of Sharia law which has no place in a Western society.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 1:04amI was a manager at A&F for a while. I know the games that are played in the hiring process. A&F is always scared about being sued because of their hiring strategy. Only certain people are hired, and those that are not are given the “I’m sorry, you didn’t meet our current hiring needs” response. “You’re always welcome to apply again in the future.” I’m surprised she was hired in the first place. As far as her being fired for her religious garb, only one of two things happened. (1) She was let go for being flaky or having ridiculous availability (A&F doesn’t fire much….unless the person is a joke or drastically underperforms). Or (2) She started wearing the hijab only after she was hired….and that’s probably more likely the case. I agree that this was probably a set up.
Report Post »birddog52
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 1:49amMuslims — the cult of death . There all nice untill they gain power, then it’s Sharia law for everyone . Show me the tolerant modern muslim counrty . There ain’t one !!! —- Backward savages one and alll.
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 4:25amMuslims are a blight on humanity. Muslims make christians seem fair and reasonable.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:58amThey are in the business of SELLING AN IMAGE – SELLING A STYLE – THEIR STYLE.
If you sell Coca-Cola, you don’t carry around a Pepsi on the job. You CERTAINLY don’t wear a Pepsi uniform!
This is just another way of ramming Sharia law down our throats!
NO SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR ANYONE.
Can the 400 lb man sue vogue magazine for not making HIM the cover model for their summer bikinis?
I miss the days when we had polite, attractive STEWARDESSES – yep, I said it, “STEWARDESSES” – not “flight attendants” OR “flight crew” OR “in flight personnel”
That felt good – I’m going to say it again… “STEWARDESSES”.
WHOOPIE!
lol
I say, as long as a dress code is applied uniformly, it is legal.
Report Post »Pretty sure we have tons of legal precidence on this one.
Morris
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 11:58amAmerica,“WE THE PEOPLE” of the United States Of America are getting sick and tired of the
“POLITICAL CORRECTNESS” BU__ SH–,going on in our America!!
This Dictatorship of Barack Hussein Obama and his Mexican-Muslim Lovimng Administration is killing
our Republic our America.
Here we have this MUSLIM Girl that don’t want to follow the dress code of her Employer,and now she wants to SUE!!
Every job I ever had I had a work dress code to follow,If you don’t want to follow the dress code(NO JOB)!!
If all of you MUSLIMS want to run around ,With guys wearing dresses,Tablecloths,Bed Sheets, and Towels and rags rapped around your heads,have at it!!!
Please don’t PUSH YOUR 3-RD World Country DRESS CODE ON TO “WE THE PEOPLE” of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!
“WE THE PEOPLE Of the United States Of America , only Celebrate “HALLOWEEN one day out of the year!
Guess you MUSLIMS want to Celebrate “HALLOWEEN” every day,We Americans only celebrate
“HALLOWEEN” one day of the year!!!!
If you MUSLIMS don’t like our AMERICAN DRESS CODE,GO back to whatever 3-rd World SH–HO–,country you came from,“WE THE PEOPLE” of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,are not going to change our dress code for any of you RAG HEADS!!!!
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 12:56pmRidiculous. A&F have the right to hire and fire for any reason they like. You don’t like it? Don’t work there.
This is America.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:49pm.
Report Post »I don’t recall a constitutional right to work for A&F.
melmatmic
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:56amWhen I was a kid, women wore scarves to cover the rollers in their hair.
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