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Swedish Muslim candidate who refused interview handshake wins case

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Swedish Muslim candidate who refused interview handshake wins case

A Swedish Muslim woman has won compensation after a job interview ended when she refused to shake hands with a male interviewer.

Farah Alhajeh, 24, went for a role at translation company Semantix in her hometown Uppsala in May 2016.

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