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Hani Khan, a former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co., was fired for refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf. (AP Photo\/Eric Risberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

A federal judge ruled this week that the clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch wrongly fired a Muslim employee in San Mateo, Calif., for wearing a headscarf. The retailer said the look of its employees is part of its marketing strategy, but,\u00a0according to the Associated Press<\/a>, the judge found no “credible evidence” that the employee\u2019s headscarf affected sales.<\/p>\n\n

The company said it does not discriminate based on religion. Abercrombie has been the target of discrimination suits in the past<\/a>, brought by black, Hispanic and Asian employees and job applicants.<\/p>\n\n

About six-in-ten Muslim American women (59%) say they wear the headcover (or hijab) at least some of the time, including 36% who say they wear it whenever they are in public, according to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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The same survey also explored the most important problems Muslim Americans say they face. One-in-five U.S. Muslims (20%) mention discrimination, prejudice and unfair treatment. Nearly three-in-ten (29%) point to negative views about Muslims, 15% mention ignorance about Islam and 7% indicate religious and cultural problems between Muslims and non-Muslims. Only 16% say there are no problems facing Muslim Americans.<\/p>\n\n

Younger Muslim Americans are more likely to say they have faced hostility due to their religion. More than half (56%) of U.S. Muslims ages 18-29 say they have been treated with suspicion, called offensive names, singled out by law enforcement or physically threatened in the year prior to the survey. By comparison, 35% of Muslim Americans ages 30 and older say at least one of those things has happened to them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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