Muslim man wins handshake case in Sweden
Sweden’s unemployment agency has been found guilty of discrimination for expelling a Muslim man from a job training program because he refused to shake hands with a woman: a Stockholm court Monday ordered the Public Employment Service to pay 50,000 kronor ($6,700) in damages to an immigrant from Bosnia who lost his jobless benefits when he was kicked out of the program.
via:[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_sweden_handshake_refusal]
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