Abercrombie and Fitch Ireland

The lawsuit, originally filed in 2011, accused Abercrombie of discriminating against Umme-Hani Khan.

Abercrombie fired Khan, then 19, from a store in San Mateo.

"I was just really upset about what happened and I didn't want it to go by, because if it happened to me, it could happen to anyone," Khan told CNNMoney.

The judge said that store managers initially allowed Khan to wear her head scarf, or hijab, as long as it "matched company colors." But after Khan worked there for several months, a district manager visited the store and asked her to take it off. Khan refused, on the basis of her religious beliefs, so she was suspended. The manager asked her a second time to remove the head covering, and she refused again and was eventually fired, said the judge.

"Khan's refusal to remove her hijab was the sole reason for her suspension and termination," reads the court document.

The judge said that store managers initially allowed Khan to wear her head scarf, or hijab, as long as it "matched company colors." But after Khan worked there for several months, a district manager visited the store and asked her to take it off. Khan refused, on the basis of her religious beliefs, so she was suspended. The manager asked her a second time to remove the head covering, and she refused again and was eventually fired, said the judge.

"Khan's refusal to remove her hijab was the sole reason for her suspension and termination," reads the court document.

Abercrombie http://www.irelandabercrombieandfitch.com/hollister-men denied the allegations in a prepared statement to CNNMoney: "Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) does not discriminate based on religion and we grant religious accommodations when reasonable."

Abercrombie & Fitch has an employee dress code called a "look policy" that forbids head coverings. But it also has a section of its web site called "diversity & inclusion," which includes a quote from Chief Executive Mike Jeffries: "We are determined to have a diverse culture, throughout our organization, that benefits from the perspective of each individual."

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said federal judges have found Abercrombie and Fitch liable in two other discrimination cases, for refusing to hire hijab-wearing job applicants in Northe Califoia and Tulsa, Okla.

Khan, now 23, said the experience had taught her "to stand up for what I believe in." "The law protects us, and we need to speak up and challenge discrimination when it happens," she said.

Declining traffic and weakness in girls' clothing weighed on Abercrombie and Fitch Ireland (ANF) second quarter, pushing net income down 33 percent.

The teen retailer's results missed analysts' estimates. It also gave a third-quarter eaings forecast well below Wall Street expectations.

The stock tumbled in premarket trading Thursday.

For the period ended Aug. 3, Abercrombie Ireland eaed $11.4 million, or 14 cents per share. That's down from $17.1 million, or 20 cents per share, a year earlier.

Removing charges tied to its profit-improvement plans, eaings were 16 cents per share.

Revenue dipped 1 percent to $945.7 million from $951.4 million. U.S. sales fell 8 percent.

Analysts expected eaings of 28 cents per share on revenue of $996.7 million.

A key revenue metric declined 10 percent on softness worldwide http://www.irelandabercrombieandfitch.com/.