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Muslim woman wins headdress battle [supermarket not allow employees to wear headdress]
thelocal.se ^ | 05-04-2007 | staff writer

Posted on 05/04/2007 7:01:06 AM PDT by bedolido

A Muslim woman has won her battle with a supermarket in western Sweden which informed her that she could not work there if she chose to wear a headdress.

The Ica Kvantum supermarket in Västra Frölunda has now made adjustments to its dress code following criticism from the Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen - DO).

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: battle; headdress; muslim; woman
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

If this does happen in the USA by some state leg., city council, or if God forbid some wacky Dem proposes headresses for Muslims nationwide, that whole pack of pols should immediately be recalled, impeached or put in prison.


21 posted on 05/04/2007 8:22:09 AM PDT by phillyfanatic
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To: bedolido

The scarf is a DISGUISE. The wearer should be stopped, pulled over, photographed, etc.


22 posted on 05/04/2007 8:26:24 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: bird4four4
"cross necklaces, Jesus Saves t-shirts"

Already nixed here!

23 posted on 05/04/2007 8:26:34 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: tkathy

Tunisia bans the niqab, and is enjoying a boom in tourism because Europeans feel much more comfortable.

Extreme Muslim men throw acid in the face of uncovered women. When you have laws prohibiting the masks, the extremists must go elsewhere. Tunisia knows this. It should have been banned in Iraq from the get-go.


24 posted on 05/04/2007 12:20:43 PM PDT by bukkdems (Western democracies! Ban the niqab in public.)
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