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Muslim Man And Daughter Thrown Out Of Staten Island Apple Store, Suit Says

Man Says Apple Kicked Him Out Of Store Because He Was Muslim
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Editor, HuffPost New York

FILE - In this Friday, Oct, 26, 2012, file photo, people shop at an Apple store inside a mall in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Apple Inc. paid a rate of only 1.9 percent income tax on its earnings outside the U.S. in its latest fiscal year, a regulatory filing by the company shows. The world's most valuable company paid $713 million in tax on foreign earnings of $36.8 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 29, according to the financial statement filed on Oct. 31. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)
FILE - In this Friday, Oct, 26, 2012, file photo, people shop at an Apple store inside a mall in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Apple Inc. paid a rate of only 1.9 percent income tax on its earnings outside the U.S. in its latest fiscal year, a regulatory filing by the company shows. The world's most valuable company paid $713 million in tax on foreign earnings of $36.8 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 29, according to the financial statement filed on Oct. 31. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

HEARTLAND VILLAGE — A Muslim car mechanic and his daughter are suing Apple for $10 million, accusing employees at its Staten Island store of refusing to service their iPhone because of their religion, according to a lawsuit.

Elsayad Sobhi, 48, claims he and his teenage daughter, Norhan, were threatened and thrown out of the store after employees spotted her wearing a traditional headdress.

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