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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 11:50 AM Dec 2014

Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch

Say what you want about Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), the chain has done something special. No, I’m not talking some dazzling new clothing line for ultra hip young people. Something far better.

A&F has brought American Muslims and Jews together. Of course, the bad news for A&F is that they have united some in these two communities against them.

Last week seven orthodox Jewish groups joined with the Muslim civil rights group CAIR in filing briefs with the Supreme Court in support a lawsuit filed on behalf of Samantha Elauf against A&F. Elauf, who is Muslim, had applied for a job at an A&F store in Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was 17. The assistant manager at the A&F store had found Elauf qualified for the position and was apparently going to hire her.

However, an A&F district manager then overruled the assistant manager because he didn’t think Elauf fit A&F’s “look policy.” What part of the “look” was the issue? The part that Elauf wore a hijab. Besides the hijab, A&F doesn’t deny that Elauf was qualified.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/16/muslims-jews-unite-vs-abercrombie-fitch.html

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Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch (Original Post) oberliner Dec 2014 OP
In much the same way that all of DU came together in opposition to George W Bush, Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #1

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
1. In much the same way that all of DU came together in opposition to George W Bush,
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 12:14 PM
Dec 2014

and the UK coalition government in World War 2 buried its differences in opposition to Nazi Germany.

A common enemy can be a powerful uniting influence.

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