Muslim convert gets damages
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May 6, 2012, Sunday
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A KANSAS City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded US$5 million in punitive damages by a jury who found the American telecommunications firm AT&T created a "hostile work environment" after her conversion, according to a judge's order on Friday.
Susann Bashir, a 41-year-old married mother, sued AT&T unit Southwestern Bell for what she said was a pattern of offensive and discriminatory conduct by her supervisors that began when she converted to Islam in 2005, six years after she started working for the company as a network technician.
After Bashir started wearing a religious head scarf known as a hijab, and attending Friday mosque services, her managers and co-workers called her names, including "terrorist," and told her she was going to hell, said her attorney Amy Coopman.
Susann Bashir, a 41-year-old married mother, sued AT&T unit Southwestern Bell for what she said was a pattern of offensive and discriminatory conduct by her supervisors that began when she converted to Islam in 2005, six years after she started working for the company as a network technician.
After Bashir started wearing a religious head scarf known as a hijab, and attending Friday mosque services, her managers and co-workers called her names, including "terrorist," and told her she was going to hell, said her attorney Amy Coopman.
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