Belgium-Muslims
The Belgian security firm, Group 4 Securicor, has sacked one of its workers: a female receptionist who insisted on wearing the head scarf.

The website Flandersnews quoted the Flemish daily De Standaard reporting on Saturday that Samira Achbita now intends to take legal action against her dismissal.

The woman had been working for Group 4 for 3 years.

Her employer was highly satisfied with her work until she decided to start wearing a headscarf a couple of months ago, said the paper.

A Group 4 spokesman said that the company always asked employees to act in a neutral fashion and not to display their religious, philosophical or political beliefs.

The Muslim woman now intends to take the matter to a labour tribunal. She doesn't want to leave the house without her head scarf any more. Achbita told the daily that she would rather die than go out without the Islamic head scarf.

In February 2005, a Belgian factory owner Rik Remmery received threatening letters for employing a Muslim woman who wore the head scarf.

Naima Amzil was horrified when she found out about the threats.

She could not believe someone would react to her simple white headscarf in such a manner.

Originally from Morocco, Amzil had done everything possible to integrate into Belgian society - speaking French and Dutch and carrying a Belgian passport.

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