Christian Charity Rejects Muslim Job Seeker Due to Faith

A volunteer for the evangelical aid charity World Relief was turned down for a paying job with the group because he is not Christian, The Seattle Times reports.

Saad Mohammad Ali, who volunteered with the group’s Seattle office for six months helping to resettle Iraqi refugees, said he applied for an opening for an Arabic-speaking caseworker but was told the charity hires only Christians.

U.S. law permits religious groups to hire based on religion, but some civil-liberties groups say those that do should not be allowed to receive government money. World Relief, in Baltimore, gets about 70 percent of its income from government sources.