“Abercrombie was candidate with headscarf not refuse” – Parool.nl

"Abercrombie was candidate with headscarf not refuse" – Parool.nl

26-02-15 4:18 pm – Source: AP, Reuters

Samantha Elauf (center) between her parents at the Supreme Court in the US capital Washington © getty

The US Supreme Court sides with a Muslim woman who is not at clothing store Abercrombie & amp; Fitch could work because she wears a headscarf. It emerged yesterday when the judges treated the case

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The traditional topless Abercrombie models at the opening of a new branch © AFP

The US version of the Equal Treatment Commission sued Abercrombie on behalf of Samantha Elauf. In 2008, applied the then 17-year-old on a job as a salesman in a branch of the youth clothing chain in Oklahoma. In her interview, she wore a black headscarf. That fits according to Abercrombie not to the dress code of the company. Elauf was told that they did not

get the job because she wears a headscarf.

Abercrombie is especially popular among teenagers who like to wear sweaters and T-shirts with the logo of the brand. Ads Abercrombie known for exposing their quantity. Sellers are ‘models’, and although Elauf applied for a job in the children’s department, they should adhere to the dress ‘studenty’. Meanwhile, the company has adjusted the dress code for employees: headscarves may, but black is still taboo.

Stereotypes
Although the courts have not ruled, appeared yesterday in the proceedings that they have no sympathy for the position of Abercrombie. The question that is considered the Hoogerechtshof or employers must accommodate the religious beliefs of their employees and applicants. In the interview Elauf did not say that she wears a headscarf out of religious conviction. But according to the judges had the employer itself may think. The lawyer Abercrombie replied that that would mean that the company managers should be trained to recognize stereotypes

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