by Dean Obeidallah | Daily Beast | Dec 16, 2014 | In The News
Muslim Samantha Elauf was qualified to work at A & F—except that she wore a hijab. And now, Jewish groups have joined her fight. Say what you want about Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), the chain has done something special. No, I’m not talking some dazzling new...
by Javier Panzar | LA Times | Dec 13, 2014 | In The News
Seven Orthodox Jewish groups, a Muslim civil rights organization and a public interest law firm supporting religious freedom filed briefs this week with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Muslim teenager who was denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch because she...
by Barbara Hoberock | Tulsa World | Dec 11, 2014 | In The News
The Muslim group CAIR weighs in on the Oklahoma suit. OKLAHOMA CITY — The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving a retailer that denied employment to an Oklahoman after she wore a religious head scarf to...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Dec 10, 2014 | Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/10/14) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, which is...
by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | Oct 3, 2014 | In The News
Oklahoma’s embattled Muslim community got some good news Thursday. The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear the case of a Muslim teenager who was denied a job six years ago at a Tulsa Abercrombie & Fitch store because her religiously mandated head covering...
