Muslim woman wins $5 million verdict from AT&T for discrimination

 Source:  Reuters

By Carey Gillam

KANSAS CITY, Missouri | Fri May 4, 2012 7:57pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 million in punitive damages by a jury who found the telecommunications giant AT&T created a “hostile work environment” after her conversion, according to a judge’s order issued 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.

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  1. Mashallah,Its a Great and Peaceful victory for our Muslim Sister in the present world of Discrimination . this news need to circulate every part of the world to AWAKE OUR COMMUNITY TO WITHSTAND AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE,SPECIALLY AGAINST ISLAM.

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