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Disney 'banned worker's head scarf'

A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant claims her employer sent her home without pay after she refused to remove her head scarf in front of customers.

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Imane Boudlal filed a complaint with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Boudlal has worked at the Storyteller restaurant at the hotel for two and a half years but didn't try to wear her hijab to work until Sunday, in observation of Ramadan.

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Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the 26-year-old hostess has refused offers to wear the head covering while working away from customers.


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