Almost seven years after she was first denied employment by Abercrombie & Fitch, on June 1, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Samantha Elauf, finding that "an employer may not refuse to hire an applicant if the employer was motivated by avoiding the need to accommodate a religious practice."

XREF: The Abercrombie & Fitch hijab case is well-known in employment discrimination and Title VII case law, giving precedent that refusing to hire to evade accommodation is unlawful.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 437