(Detroit News) A civil rights group has filed a federal complaint on behalf of a Michigan Muslim woman who alleges she was forced to leave her job for requesting religious accommodations.
Shqipe Zeqiri, a former janitor with GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc., worked at a building in Dearborn Heights. On May 7, she sought to move her lunch break to accommodate fasting for Ramadan, according to the complaint filed Thursday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
During the holy month, Muslims around the world are required to abstain from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset.
A supervisor denied the request and told Zeqiri to break her fast after finishing work at 1 a.m., according to the commission filing.
