Allied Universal, Iraqi Muslim Guard to Square Off at Bias Trial

A federal jury will decide whether Allied University Security Services discriminated against a security guard because he’s Kurdish, from Iraq, and wore a beard in compliance with his Muslim faith.

The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas cited alleged comments by the former employee’s supervisor in ordering a trial in the case. The supervisor allegedly referred to the plaintiff using a racist epithet and told him “go back to where you came from,” the court said.

According to Twana Ahmed, his boss’s discriminatory remarks also included saying he was going to fry Ahmed like a chicken, mess ...