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American Islamic Congress Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Workplace Religious Diversity
Calls for Robust Action to Protect Against Discrimination
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Washington, D.C. - Protecting people of diverse religious backgrounds from discrimination in the workplace is a challenge before the civil rights community. The American Islamic Congress (AIC) is today joining an important Congressional hearing to address this civil rights concern.
Who: ZAINAB AL-SUWAIJ, executive director of the American Islamic Congress, a leading Muslim civil-rights organization based in Washington. She will be sharing her own story of encountering workplace discrimination – when an employer did not like her hijab – and will advocate robust steps to protect Muslim-American employees.
What: Hearing on "Protecting American Employees from Workplace Discrimination," by the House Committee on Education and Labor.
When: Today, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill
Ms. Al-Suwaij – who has appeared on CBS News, 20/20, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Al-Jazeera, and has published in The New York Times & Wall Street Journal – is available for interview. Please contact Jina Hassan at ![]() +1-617-266-0080.
Note: Ms. Al-Suwaij's prepared testimony is available online at www.aicongress.org.
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