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Whitehall, a jewelers located in Fairfield, California recently settled a religious discrimination suit out of court. Plaintiff Shereen Attia filed the suit in July 2007 after being turned down for a job, allegedly because she wears a head scarf. Attia claims that she had previously worked at another jewlers owned by Whitehall until she lost her job when the store closed in April 2006, before she began wearing a head scarf. She had always been praised for her work there.

By the time she applied for the new position at Whitehall, she had begun wearing her head scarf on a daily basis. Her friend, who was not wearing a scarf, applied with her and was hired. Attia also claims that her former manager told her she was “shocked when I saw you with that head thing.” Attia also reports that the stores district manager commented “Oh no, not another one,” referring to another employee who also wears a head scarf.

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