Muslim woman sues Dominos after 'bomb threat' arrest

Описание: No matter how you slice it, a poorly made pizza isn't usually grounds for a lawsuit, but it was the start of one filed in Polk County on Thursday.

"The worst pizza you can possibly imagine," said attorney Thania Clevenger. "I think that pizza she received was because they saw what she looked like."

In July 2012, Hakima Benaddi said it was the first time she had worn a hijab, a Muslim head scarf, to pick up a pizza at the Davenport location. Benaddi says when she returned with what she called a poorly made pizza, employees weren't helpful which resulted in a verbal confrontation.

After Benaddi left, the store manager made a report to the police saying Benaddi had threatened to blow up the store with a bomb.

Benaddi was arrested that night, although the charges were soon dropped.

According to this lawsuit filed on behalf of Benaddi by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), no other employee present during the confrontation heard anything about a bomb threat.

"She make big story, she creates big story, that story damaged my life," Benaddi said.

"The parties involved here just assumed that because she's Moroccan because she is Muslim it was very probable that she really in fact threatened to blow someone up," Clevenger said.

Four employees were present during the confrontation, and only the store manager reported hearing the bomb threat.

The discrimination suit against the former owner of the Domino's franchise was filed in Circuit Court on Wednesday.

The owner could not be reached for comment. Domino's also wouldn't comment on the litigation since the franchise is independently owned.

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