DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).

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 Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...

HIJAB CASE FILED AGAINST A CLOTHING COMPANY IN AMERICA,WAS WON BY A MUSLIM WOMAN,YESTERDAY.

                            The U.S Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a muslim woman who sued after being denied a job at a clothing store because she showed up to the interview wearing hijab.The clothing compan declined to hire Samantha Elauf  in 2008 as a sales associate because her Hijab violated the company's ''Look policy'',which at the time prohibited employees from wearing head coverings.Samantha Elauf was never informed of the ''Look policy''.Elauf filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on an 8-1 vote yesterday monday,the justice handed a victory to a federal agency that Sued the clothing company Abercromble & Fitch on behalf of job applicant Samantha Elauf.The company argued that it's store policy bans sales employess from wearing ''caps'' of any type and that Elauf,then 17 should have made clear in her 2008 interview that she needed a religious accommodation.A jury eventually awarded Samantha $20,000 but the 10th U.S circuit of appeals in Denver,Colorado,threw out the award and concluded that Abercromble & Fitch could not be held liable because Elauf never asked the company to relax its policy against head scarves.The ruling was welcomed by the council on American Islamic Relations {CAIR} which campaigns for the civil liberties of Muslim communities in the defence of religions freedom at a time when the American muslim community is facing increased levels of Islamophobia''.Said CAIR National Executive Director Nhad Awad.

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