Jurors in Union County have rejected a suit lodged by the state Division on Civil Rights claiming that a landlord engaged in anti-Muslim bias in denying a renter’s application.

Following a four-day trial, the jury acquitted William Greda on four counts of violating the Law Against Discrimination based on his alleged refusal to rent to an applicant who was wearing a khimar, which is a Muslim head scarf.

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