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Disney sued for discrimination by former employee over Muslim hijab [USA]
A Muslim woman filed a federal suit against the Walt Disney Company...on the grounds of religious discrimination and harassment. Imane Boudlal, a naturalized US citizen born in Morocco, says that while working at Disney's California theme park she endured harassment from supervisors and colleagues and faced discrimination for wearing a hijab before leaving the company in 2010...[H]er request to wear it was denied...The company responded by telling her she could work in the back of the cafe where she wouldn't be seen by customers...Boudlal refused these options [and] filed ...[a lawsuit asking] Disney for punitive damages, a permanent injunction not to prohibit employees wearing hijabs and for company anti-harassment training to include Muslim issues.