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August 17, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/08/16/3104221/muslim-hotel-owner-discriminated-against-jewish-group-jury-finds

Muslim Hotel Owner Discriminated Against Jewish Group, U.S. Jury Finds

(JTA) A jury in Santa Monica, California, Superior Court on Wednesday found that Tehmina Adaya, a Pakistani-born Muslim owner of the Hotel Shangri-La, discriminated against the nonprofit Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. On July 11, Adaya abruptly ended a pool party that had been approved by the hotel's management, ordering that all informational brochures and the group's banner be removed from the premises. She allegedly yelled, "Get these [expletive] Jews out of my pool," according to testimony. Adaya and her hotel were found to have violated the state's Civil Rights Act which bars hotels and businesses from discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color or religion. The jury awarded the Friends of the IDF more than $1.2 million in damages.

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