MUSLIM WOMAN ASKED TO REMOVE FACE VEIL DURING JOB INTERVIEW

MELBOURNE, June 21 (Bernama)-- A Muslim woman has complained after allegedly
being told to remove her face veil during a job interview at a Northern
Territory (NT) hospital in Darwin.

Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission officers had launched an
investigation, the Northern Territory News reported.

Acting commissioner Lisa Coffey had refused to discuss the case -- or even
confirm that a complaint had been lodged.

But it is believed that a doctor asked the young woman to remover her veil
during the interview for an administration job at Royal Darwin Hospital.

She refused and filed an official complaint.

Discriminating against someone because of his or her religion is illegal in
Australia but whether or not insisting that a Muslim woman remove her hijab is
discriminatory has not been tested in the Northern Territory.
-- BERNAMA