[Vigilanteman]

Suppose the company said that true Islam forbids women from working? Therefore, out of concern for her safety, the safety of the other employees and customers, they showed respect for her religion by not hiring her.

There are, after all, documented cases of Islamic enforcers gunning down women working and girls being educated.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Suppose the company said that true Islam forbids women from working? Therefore, out of concern for her safety, the safety of the other employees and customers, they showed respect for her religion by not hiring her.

The problem with that argument would be that the law requires employers to make reasonable accomodations for an employee's religious beliefs, rather than the employee's religion. So, if the employee does not believe that Islam forbids women from working, the employer can't impose that belief on the employee, in the name of respecting the employee's religion.