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International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines.
 check-in agent has been suspended from work without pay for refusing to remove a small cross, which she wears on a chain around her neck. The company's dress code forbids jewelry that is worn outside an employee's uniform.

"British Airways permits Muslims to wear a headscarf, Sikhs to wear a turban, and other faiths' religious apparel," said Nadia Eweida, according to according to
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. "Only Christians are forbidden to express their faith." Eweida plans to sue her employer.

Eweida has received support from the Muslim Council of Britain The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is an unincorporated association founded in 1997 with the following aims:
  1. To promote co-operation, consensus and unity on Muslim affairs in the UK.
, which called her cross "an expression of private religious belief."
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Author:Cones, Bryan
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Date:Dec 1, 2006
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