A former Disneyland employee filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Walt Disney Corporation alleging discrimination based on her religion.

Imane Boudlal, 28,  had worked as a restaurant hostess at the Storyteller’s Cafe  at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa for  two years before questioning Disney’s dresscode.

The lawsuit alleges Boudlal, who is a Moroccan native but a naturalized U.S. citizen, in 2010, did report to her managers at the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa’s Storyteller’s Café after she decided to wear her hijab full-time. Muslim women wear the hijab to show as a sign of modesty.  She claims she was told wearing her hijab to work was not part of the company’s “look” policy in accordance with their general appearance guidelines, and she was told she could wear a Disney-designed scarf, subject to corporate approval.  Among the other restrictions in the policy, it prohibits visible tattoos and fingernails that exceed a quarter of an inch, the lawsuit said.  Boudlal was also given other options, including working in an area away from visitors or wearing a hat on top of the scarf.

Not wanting to wait to observe Ramadan, Boudlal wore her own hijab to work Aug. 15, 2010, when she  says she was give her options and told she could either remove the scarf, cover it with a hat or work  in a job out of public sight. She refused.