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A man is suing a local council in Sweden after he lost his job for refusing to shake hands with female colleagues.
The man, a practising Muslim, worked for Helsingborg municipality in southern Sweden. He said it was against his religious beliefs to shake women's hands, although he was happy to shake the hands of male colleagues.
But council bosses said his stance was incompatible with their equality policy, and said he could no longer work there.