British airline company told stewardess to wear Muslim robe
A British air stewardess was fired for refusing to fly to Saudi Arabia after she was ordered to wear a traditional Islamic robe and walk behind male colleagues.
Earlier this year an employment tribunal in Manchester ruled that BMI was justified in imposing ‘rules of a different culture’ on staff and cleared it of sexual discrimination.
via:[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6169989.ece]
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