Woman Awarded 287K for Not Removing Her Hijab....

If the woman in question was a Christian, would she have been awarded $287,000?.....

Alamo Rent-A-Car must pay Muslim woman for banning scarf in Phoenix office

PHOENIX - A federal jury has ordered Alamo Rent A Car to pay a Muslim woman $287,640 for firing her because she refused to remove a head scarf she was wearing during the holy month of Ramadan.

The firing of Bilan Nur, then 22, came just four months after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company for what it termed a "post 9/11 backlash," alleging that she was fired because of her religious beliefs in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The jury in the three-day trial awarded Nur $21,640 in back wages, $16,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.

The company's dress code did not specifically ban scarves but contained a provision barring any "garments or item of clothing not specifically mentioned in the policy."

Nur showed up for work wearing a head scarf anyway, and was sent home and issued a written warning. The next day, she again arrived at work wearing a scarf and was written up and sent home, then suspended and fired.

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