EEOC Posts Web Page On Employment Discrimination Against Muslims and Sikhs

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has added a page to its website titled "What You Should Know about the EEOC and Religious and National Origin Discrimination Involving the Muslim, Sikh, Arab, Middle Eastern and South Asian Communities." It says that the EEOC "

has filed nearly 90 lawsuits alleging religious and national origin discrimination involving the Muslim, Sikh, Arab, Middle Eastern and South Asian communities, many of which involved harassment.  The alleged harassment included taunts such as "Saddam Hussein," "camel eater," and "terrorist."

The web page links to summaries of many of the suits, as well as to fact sheets on religious and ethnic discrimination.