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To: StormRider who wrote (1407)	4/9/2002 8:28:23 PM
From: StormRider	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6945

MUSLIMS DEFEND JEWISH WOMAN FIRED FOR MARRYING PALESTINIAN (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/9/2002) - A prominent American Muslim group today called on a Jewish newspaper in Kansas to apologize to a Jewish employee who was allegedly fired for marrying a Palestinian Muslim. The employee told the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that she was terminated from her position as a staff writer at the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle one day after telling her supervisor who she had married. When informed of the marriage, the supervisor allegedly said: "I am going to have to think about this." SEE: zwire.com When the employee returned to work following her announcement of the marriage, she said her supervisor's behavior became increasingly hostile. The supervisor allegedly commented to a friend over the phone that, "There is no way Muslims can be friends with Jews, no way at all." When the employee asked why she was fired, newspaper officials claimed she was an unreliable worker, despite receiving many positive reviews from readers and her supervisor during seven months of employment.