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trt | 22:27 Tue 08th Oct 2013 | News
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...to be able to preach hatred outside Mosques in the UK and try to disrupt our soldiers marching through Towns but, when one person makes a comment on FB she could face prosecution.

I know it was a stupid thing to do but surely it works both ways!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449795/Mother-said-hoped-Muslims-hundreds-drowned-Italy-boat-disaster.html
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a Christian woman told she couldn't wear a cross because of health and safety, even though she had done so for years, with no murmur

quite a lot of murmuring, as I recall. Some of it may even have been from you?
rather a conflicting story, one won her case only after taking the case to court, but read the rest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9802067/Christian-wins-right-to-wear-cross-at-work.html
Actually, Emmie does have a point of principle there. The woman wasn’t allowed to wear her cross because “it breaches their uniform policy and poses a risk to patients.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/6209892/Nurse-faces-the-sack-for-refusing-to-take-off-her-cross.html

However, contrary to standard hygiene regulations that apply to all other staff, a concession was made to allow Muslims to cover their arms.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7576357/Muslim-staff-escape-NHS-hygiene-rule.html
no idea what that means, too obscure, i don't care for any religion, personally i would shove the whole lot Muslim, Christian, Judaism under the floorboards and let it rot.
/a house/flat/room to rent to Muslims only/

I think that spans a couple of different things emmie

House/flat can't be advertised by a landlord in a discriminatory way

A room in your own private dwelling I think can be.

The couple in the court case were running a guest house which as such is (legally) not a private dwelling even if they live there
on gumtree there is a whole raft of homes/flat to rent to Muslims only, no idea if Gumtree do the same with those of different faiths, that was why i asked .
i just see that there is a lot of unfairness going on, that EDL get smashed by the police for their demonstrations, or at least are so corralled that they don't go anyplace, yet look at that wretched footage on the Stacy Dooley programme and it's all right no police intervention...
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Really? are they independent dwellings or do they share any facilities?
don;t know, i will google to see if the same applies to other religions, interesting though, i remember seeing adverts for Muslim only tenants, properties in the capital.


http://www.gumtree.com/flatshare/london/muslim
/on gumtree there is a whole raft of homes/flat to rent to Muslims only/

Where are they? I've just looked and can't see any

I checked in their Tower Hamlets section just to be fair
yes, interesting because i wouldn't have thought that was legal, but guess if it's your home the you can rent to who you like, but how does that sit with the law on non discrimination

http://www.gumtree.com/flatshare/uk/christian
@Emmie

You are conflating all sorts of issues here, jumping around over all sorts of subjects. Now you have moved the issue on to one of perceived victimisation of christians.

1."Muslim couple running a hotel/boarding house who stressed that their religion will not allow same sex couples in their business, do you think they will fined or lose their business, i wonder."

Yes, I would fully expect that they would be fined or lose their business. If you can find a case where that did not happen, I would be very interested to read about it.

"a Christian woman told she couldn't wear a cross because of health and safety, even though she had done so for years, with no murmur. Yet Muslim women can wear a burkha with long sleeves whilst working in hospitals, where doctors and nurses have to roll up their sleeves."

I assume the christian woman in question was a nurse?

The assumption being made in your post is that the christian was victimised and the muslim(s) are being favoured. But again there is a problem with making this judgement - the trusts in question were different, for a start.Nor do we know all the facts and background surrounding the case of the necklace. In those circumstances it is unwise to make such an assumption.

More generally, when talking about Infection Control though, I personally believe that the health and safety of the patient should be the primary consideration, and that all dress codes and accessories associated with religious or cultural observance should take a very distant second place, irrespective of which religion it is - Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh or Jedi.

For me, any medical staff in direct patient contact should not be wearing any jewellry or accessories like bangles, watches or even rings, and all such staff should be bare below the elbow. And these should be mandated nationally, rather than just a recommendation that Trusts can either follow or ignore, as they wish.

That having been said, the rules are relaxed somewhat for modesty providing disposable oversleeves are used, which,provided used properly should be just as good.

The Burqah/Veil issue is slightly different. Again my personal opinion is that medical staff in direct contact with patients should not be wearing a veil. Personally, I have never seen that happen - Do you have evidence that it does?

"there is film, footage of demonstrators clearly shown carrying placards with death to soldiers, infidel, and any other way to describe their feelings of our supposed involvement in countries many have never visited, visible for all to see, how does that not stop the police from making arrests, is it because its a demo, or a demo involving hard line fanatics in our midst, let us not upset the minorities idiocy."

Well I can only speak about the one demonstration I can clearly remember where there were placards calling for death and beheading - that was in London following the Danish cartoons. There were no arrests during the actual demonstration itself, but there were arrests following the protest. You will have to ask the police why they did not arrest them at the time. They explanation they gave was that they were concerned about public order and safety. So again, no evidence of double standards that I can see.




emmie

that link is to FLATSHARE isn't it?

which makes sense and rather supports my earlier distinction
did you check my link, doesn't it show up, because i can see the ads quite clearly, as i can for the rent to Christians only
/how does that sit with the law on non discrimination /

the law provides for all of us to have the right to 'discriminate' on who we have in our homes.

Commercial arrangements; guest houses, public houses, tenanted premises etc are different
the fact is as Naomi pointed out that Muslim women who work in surgeries, who come into contact with patients, and in hospitals can and do wear a full burkha, with a headscarf, and have been allowed to on the basis of their cultural beliefs. If you have a rule for one then make it for all, don't shilly shally.
/did you check my link/

Yes

It's for FLATSHARES

not 'homes/flats'

ie having people sharing the same dwelling (see above)
/a full burkha, with a headscarf/

how does that endanger or impact on any patients?
so ok to rent only to Muslim or Christian or other person of faith in your home, but you cannot do that if you own a B&B, Hotel presumably, what if the place is your home....
I agree with you with respect to the Burqah - If by that term you mean something that covers the face. We should not be pandering to religious or cultural sensitivities when in direct patient contact, and for me you can extend that to any civil servant or professional role that requires direct contact with a patient or customer.

I do not have a problem with headscarf however.

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