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Old 08-18-2010, 06:51 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant filed a federal discrimination complaint Wednesday against her employer: It alleges she was prohibited from wearing her "hijab" head covering at work

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`"We have been working directly with her on accommodations,'' Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown said. "In the interim, we offered reasonable accommodations to allow her to work during her scheduled shifts, which she declined.''

A TV report stated she was allowed to wear the covering but would have to work in the back but she refused saying it is illegal for Disney to ask her to remove the head cover. Sounds like Disney has done their best to accommodate her under the EEOC. She became a citizen just two years ago, maybe she should review the laws.

Imane Boudlal, Muslim Disneyland Employee, Claims Her Bosses Told Her Not To Wear Head Covering At Work - Los Angeles News - The Informer
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Old 08-18-2010, 06:57 PM
 
Location: No Mask For Me This Time, Either
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Sounds like some sensitivity training is in order here. From now on, Cinderella, Snow White, Tinker Bell and Minnie will all wear burquas. A minaret will be added to the castle, and all rides will stop each day at prayer time. Fantasyland will be renamed 'Land of Mohammed' where all young girls visiting will become betrothed to the village elders. It's a pedophile world, after all!

The Land of Tomorrow bookstore will be featuring an author signing his latest book - "Yeah, I AM a Muslim! So What?" by B. Obama.
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Old 08-18-2010, 06:58 PM
 
Location: Here
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This is preposterous! The US needs to conform its laws, traditions and customs to accommodate every foreigner that comes to this country. We cannot offend anyone.
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:02 PM
 
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Imagine the outrage if she was told she couldn't wear a cross.
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:10 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Imagine the outrage if she was told she couldn't wear a cross.
If the cross does not conform to the dress code, then the employee cannot wear it. No outrage..
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:16 PM
 
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This is preposterous! The US needs to conform its laws, traditions and customs to accommodate every foreigner that comes to this country. We cannot offend anyone.
Well, you can; if you do: off with your head or other body parts you stinking Kafir, literally.

Goodbye Constitution, Hello Shariah.

Disney should have offered her the choice to work in the back, or seek employment elswhere. So, they probably handled it badly.

Folks need to understand that CAIR is busy educating Muslims who seek their help or counseling, how to force Shariah into society and our legal system by claiming discrimination and filing civil rights complaints.

Denial kills twice and naivety is no excuse. Anyone who thinks this is not a political movement is plain blind.
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:17 PM
 
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Imagine the outrage if she was told she couldn't wear a cross.
Maybe she can't display one publicly... Hopefully this woman sues the company. It would be interesting because it is a private company, but I do support any person's expression of their religion. The wearing of a burqa is a reasonable expression.

The slippery slope claims of other posters are foolish and hyperbolic -- raising a strawman argument to distract themselves from a --actually the only -- legitimate argument that would justify this decision by Disney.

They are a private corporation. If they equally repress expression of religion, then the courts may see little reason to intrude.

The hyperbole introduces potentially inflammatory or at least divisive distractions that weaken the justification for the decision by Disney.
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:18 PM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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Ahh, another frivolous lawsuit to clog up our overburdened court system.

Perhaps she could get a transfer to Disneyland Paris and go work in France? Oh wait...
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Californ-eye-aye
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If the company already had a dress code in place that prohibits the hijab, then she should have researched that before she applied for the position. However, if she is a recent immigrant, then it's very possible she doesn't know any better.

In a free society it can be difficult at times to accomodate everyone equally. She has just as much a right to wear hijab as Disneyland has to institute a dress code policy defining appropriate dress.
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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You know what..promote her to be Mickey Mouse or some other character. Let her wear her burka under that costume. No one will care.

There are dress codes and if she can't abide by them, even after Disney went out of their way to accomodate, then she should quit.

Same thing happened at one of those mall stores I believe for the teens. They put her working in the back because she didn't want to dress the "image" in the front. She sued for discrimination as well.

Why do these places hire them to begin with if they insist on wearing the burkas ?
Do they go on the interview without them and then show up on the first day with them ?
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