Islamic Worker Legally Told to Pray Off-Site

A Muslim employee in Kansas didn’t support his religious bias claims because he was offered a reasonable alternative place to say his noon-time prayers and he wasn’t forced to quit when he was told he would be fired unless he stopped praying in the lobby, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled Nov. 20 (Farah v. A-1 Careers, 2013 BL 323434, D. Kan., 2:12-cv-02692-SAC, 11/20/13).

Granting summary judgment to A-1 Careers and Centrinex LLC, the court found that Abdifatah Farah was unable to establish his failure-to-accommodate or disparate treatment claims under Title VII of the ...