Muslim Sues Jeweller Over Headscarf
A Muslim woman sued a national jewelry chain Tuesday for allegedly not hiring her because she wore a headscarf, the plaintiff's attorneys said.
Shereen Attia, 24, of Fairfield, had worked for Whitehall Jewelers Inc. in a Solano County mall as a part-time sales associate starting in 2004. She received good reviews but was fired when business slowed. Her manager invited her to reapply six months later, in Oct. 2006, when a full-time employee quit, according to the suit filed in Solano Superior Court.
Between employment, she'd become more religiously observant and started wearing a headscarf that covers her hair and neck, but not her face.
When Attia turned in her second application to work at the suburban San Francisco store, she was wearing her headscarf. She never got a call back from the company, she said.
Attia charged in the suit that the district manager had advised her former manager against hiring someone with a headscarf.
"I felt betrayed," said Attia. "I had worked for the company for more than a year and had a proven track record. I was a good sales person. I'm still the same person with the same personality."
A spokeswoman said the Chicago-based company didn't comment because executives had not yet reviewed the suit.
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