06-18-2008, 02:29 PM
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Please, oh please
Let this just be a Foxnews hack job of a story. Let there be some major part of the story left out. Maybe the owner shouted "get out you dirty muslim" while throwing pools of dog saliva in her direction? If not, the courts there are even more screwed than they are in the US.
Long story short, muslim woman wants job in hair salon that requires employees to display alternative and trendy styles. Muslim woman refuses to remove head scarf, woman doesn't get job. Woman sues salon and wins.
A hair salon owner in London claims her business was driven to the brink of ruin after she was ordered to pay $7,800 to a Muslim woman who claimed her feelings were hurt after she was not hired because she wouldn’t show her hair at work, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
Wedge salon owner Sarah Desrosiers requires employees to showcase different looks for clients, as her shop specializes in alternative cuts and colors. Bushra Noah, 19, who made it clear during her interview that she would not remove her head scarf for religious reasons, accused Desrosiers of discrimination.
Desrosiers, 32, was ordered to pay Noah $7,800 for indirect discrimination by way of "injury to feelings," The Mail reported.
"She is simply someone I met for a job interview, who, for a host of reasons, was not right for the job. I cannot see how she deserves £4,000," Desrosiers told The Mail. "Because of this, there will be a black mark against my name for the rest of my life. I feel I have not done anything wrong, and this is a terrible price to pay for a meeting that lasted 10 minutes."
She was unable to prove to the court that employing someone with a headscarf would have a negative impact on her business' stylistic integrity, The Mail reported.
Noah admitted she had attended 25 interviews and not been chosen for any of them before she met Desrosiers. The extremist Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir later admitted it had "advised her."
"This has ruined my ambitions," Noah told The Mail. "Wearing a headscarf is essential to my beliefs."
Desrosiers’ lawyers are advising her on whether she can appeal the verdict.
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