MAIL Online: A muslim is suing Tesco for religious discrimination after having to carry crates of alcohol as part of his job.
Forklift truck driver Mohammed Ahmed, 32, worked in one of the supermarket giant's warehouses for eight months before quitting 'in protest', an employment tribunal heard.
He claims he was forced to leave because handling beer, spirits and wine is against his strict Islamic beliefs and that he was victimised when he asked the company to give him another role.
Mr Ahmed, who was raised in Saudi Arabia, told the tribunal he had no idea his job entailed handling alcohol when he started work at the distribution depot in Lichfield, Staffordshire, last September.
When he realised it did, he asked to be found different work but alleges that one of his supervisors told him: 'You do the job or go home.' Devout Muslim Sues Tesco for Religious Discrimination after He Was Made to Carry Crates of Alcohol >>> By David Wilkes | September 28, 2008
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