A judge found that Morton-based Star Transport Inc violated the religious beliefs of Mahad Abass Mohamed and Abdikarim Hassan Bulshale.
Source/Credit: Al Jazeera
By Al Jazeera | October 31, 2015
Illinois trucking company violated religious beliefs of two drivers fired for refusing to deliver alcohol, jury finds.
A jury has awarded $240,000 to two Muslim men who say they were fired from an Illinois trucking company after refusing to deliver alcohol.
A judge found that Morton-based Star Transport Inc violated the religious beliefs of Mahad Abass Mohamed and Abdikarim Hassan Bulshale.
The trial to determine whether they were entitled to damages ended October 20 with the jury's judgment, the AP news agency reported.
A 2013 lawsuit filed by US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the men were fired in 2009 after they would not deliver alcohol because it was against their religious values as practicing Muslims.
The lawsuit claimed the company did not provide them "with a reasonable accommodation" and terminated them "because of their religion".
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