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        US Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie & Fitch in Hijab Case

   by Victoria Macchi

   The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an American woman who was
   denied a job because she wore a headscarf.

   Samantha Elauf, a Muslim who covers her hair for religious reasons,
   began her legal battle in 2008, when an Abercrombie & Fitch store in
   the central U.S. state of Oklahoma, rejected the then 17-year-old after
   an in-person interview.

   The Supreme Court considered whether prospective employees wanting a
   religious accommodation must ask for it or whether businesses are
   obligated to figure out whether one is needed.

   Abercrombie & Fitch claimed the headscarf did not fit with the
   company's dress code.  But in its eight to one ruling, the court sided
   with Elauf and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
   federal agency that filed the lawsuit on her behalf.

   According to her social media accounts, Elauf is now a manager at
   another retailer - Urban Outfitters.
   WATCH: Related report by Katherine Gypson

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