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This is getting ridiculous. And I don't mean the Somalians' request. I'm talking about the fact that every time anybody Muslim happens to request that they be allowed to wear what they want in a non-sensitive position (I mean, we're talking about skirts vs. pants on janitorial staff for crying out loud), we have some idiot flip out and start screaming that this means that "shar'ia law is coming to _fill in the blank_!!!!!"

I don't see a thing at all unreasonable about this request. None whatsoever.

There's two ways of looking at this. Some on this thread find no problem with the arrangement to allow female Muslims to wear skirts instead of pants on the job. It's a form of compromise they say.

On the other hand, it's accommodating a small group of people who are using their religious beliefs to change standard job requirements. The question is, what's next? What else will they ask to be accommodated on? And what about other religious or ethnic groups? If you are going to change the rules for one group, how can you then say no to the next group that wants to do things differently? And what about the precedent set by accommodating these people? What kind of snowball effect could this have on other businesses/government agencies in Phoenix, or for that matter, across the country? Simple changes may seem innocuous, but can, down the road, create even bigger problems.

The bottom line is you don't do for one what you can't do for all. I don't agree with changing the rules to satisfy a small number of people. If they don't like the job requirements, then find another job. I had to wear a uniform on the job, and I had to wear it according to the guidelines my employer set down in agency directives. As we were told when we took the job, the uniform was part of the paycheck, so handle it.

“bit by bit, piece by piece”

OUTSTANDING article by Robert Spencer! Thanks very much for posting.

The supremicists have us over a barrel. Step by step, inch by inch. First Phoenix, then Pittsburg, Miami, Dearborn...until rivers of blood will flow.

Larry Mohammed and Curley are not pals of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ9lQe2YoBs

/sarcasm

Read their texts. Listen to their representatives words. Watch their deeds. They’re not joking.

Thanks Robert Spencer.