Canadian landlord fined $12,000 for not taking shoes off in Muslim tenants' home
Man fined for not taking shoes off in Muslim tenant's home | Daily Mail Online
A Canadian landlord has been fined $12,000 for failing to respect his Muslim tenants' religion by not taking his shoes off when he entered their apartment.
John Alabi, 52, let out the first floor of his Brampton, Ontario, home to Walid Madkour and Heba Ismailin December 2014. But after a few turbulent months, their lease was terminated on February 28, 2015.
The couple later took Alabi, who is a Christian, to tribunal court claiming he failed to accommodate their religious practices after he failed to take off his shoes when showing prospective tenants, and did not give them enough warning before visits.
And the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario agreed, ordering Alibi to pay his former tenants $6,000 each, the Toronto Sun reports.