(Hill) The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a discrimination complaint with New York City’s Human Rights Commission on Tuesday, alleging religious discrimination against a Muslim woman by Citibank.
The complaint, filed Tuesday, claims the bank would not open a savings account for a Muslim woman who wanted to designate her husband as the beneficiary of the account. CAIR says that the situation is one of a series of “Banking while Muslim” incidents.
According to the complaint, the married Muslim woman, who wears a hijab, tried to open a savings account on July 3 and asked to designate her husband as the beneficiary.
