London, Nov 28(ANI): A woman, who claims to have been harassed by Muslim fundamentalists' at the workplace due to her Christian beliefs, has sued her former employers.
Nouhad Halawi, a former saleswoman at the Heathrow Airport's World Duty Free shop was fired after she alleged that she alongwith Christian staff, were regularly harassed by her Muslim co-workers, The Daily Mail reports.
Her Muslim colleagues had earlier described her as anti-Islamist in a complaint to the trading manager David Tunnicliffe.
Halawi's description of a Muslim colleague as an allawhi, which means 'man of God' in Arabic became controversial as her co-worker overheard it as Alawi, which was his branch of Islam, which led to her suspension, and subsequently cost her job.
"I have been sacked on the basis of unsubstantiated complaints. There is now great fear amongst my former colleagues that the same could happen to them if one of the Muslims turns on them," Halawi said.
"This is supposed to be a Christian country, but the law seems to be on the side of the Muslims.She says that she had always got on well with her Muslim colleagues,but the atmosphere changed with a growing number of employees promoting 'fundamentalist Islam," she added.
"They say that Jesus is s***** and bullied a Christian friend of mine so much for wearing her crosses that she came to me crying," The Telegraph quoted her, as saying.
The Christian Legal Centre, who is backing her, instructed a leading human rights lawyer, Paul Diamond to represent Halawi in the case against Caroline South Associates and Autogrill Retail UK Limited, which trades as World Duty Free.
A World Duty Free spokesperson declined to comment on the issue due to 'ongoing legal proceedings'. (ANI)
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