An Arab and Muslim American man filed a $12 million lawsuit against Wal-Mart, saying that he was discriminated against by employees and was fired because of his background. Louay Kezy of Dearborn, Michigan, filed the suit accusing Wal-Mart and three employees at its Dearborn store of violating his civil rights through harassment, threats, and dismissal…
Muslim workers involved in a dispute at the Grand Island meatpacking plant in Omaha, Nebraska, are preparing for a meeting to decide the next step. According to reports, at least 86 workers were fired after they walked off the job during a dispute over the workers’ right to prayer during the Muslim holy month of…
A Muslim man of Arab descent was awarded $11,000 by the British Colombia Human Rights Tribunal to compensate for his co-workers’ paranoia that he helped organize the 9/11 attacks. Ghassan Asad was questioned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after co-workers at a high-tech firm reported that he’d visited New York and Washington a few…
When a group of Muslims arrived for prayer at the Chemin-Bas mosque in an eastern neighbourhood in N_mes on Sunday, February 17, they witnessed a violent scene. Inside an altercation provoked one man to pull out a gun while another man tried to stop him. Several shots were fired and two men were injured. The…
A hospital porter was “devastated” after he was sacked following a row with a Muslim doctor over a crucifix. Joseph Protano, a devout Roman Catholic, was a regular visitor to a prayer room open to all faiths at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. But Protono, 54, became increasingly angry to find that a crucifix and a…
