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Despite claiming that fibers from the modest full-body covering worn by Muslim women are clogging its drains, a Houston area gym that barred the members from a swimming pool could be facing legal trouble. "Federal laws require that a business reasonably accommodate religious beliefs, and this gym will have a hard time proving they have done so," says executive employment lawyer Joe Ahmad of Houston's Ahmad Zavitsanos & Anaipakos. "Not only does the business have to show the fibers from the spandex pants and shirts are actually clogging the pool drain, but it also must show those fibers are different and somehow more menacing than any other kind of swimsuit fibers. This could be a problem for a business if a barred religious customer takes them to court." For more information, contact Mary Flood at 800-559-4534 or mary@androvett.com.