Video: Muslim woman says she was denied service at Grand Central Terminal post office

MIDTOWN, Manhattan — Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, a young Muslim woman, said she was stunned by what she experienced at a U.S. Post Office at Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday. “He cold ignores me and visibly lets all these other customers go ahead of me and he answers all of them normally,” explained Al-Khatahtbeh. Time after time Al-Khatahtbeh […]

Accused Muslim-hating Postal Worker says “I’m not crazy, I work in the post office” — but hearing voices in April

Dainton Coley, 34, denies launching anti-Muslim tirade at two women wearing hajibs on a street in Brooklyn, New York. “I’m not crazy, I work in the post office,” Dainton Coley, 33, told his victim after he threatened to burn the Muslim woman’s mosque down during the Friday evening hate crime, police sources said. Cops took […]

EEOC Guidance Addresses Religious Dress and Grooming Practices in the Workplace

This is an interesting article that may apply to some postal workers. Since 1964, when Congress passed Title VII to prohibit religious discrimination in the workplace, employers have faced myriad situations involving the religious accommodation of employees. Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published both a fact sheet and a question-and-answer guide, addressing […]