Muslim checkout staff get an alcohol opt-out clause

Times Online ^ | Daniel Foggo and Christopher Thompson

[Dr. Frank fan]

Sometimes I have this funny idea that these Muslims who raise objections in stories like this don't really care that much about the "proscription against alcohol" or pigs or uncovered women or whatever it is they're demanding special treatment over.

They're just testing, and they laugh about it later when it succeeds.

Okay, that's probably not true. But in a way it would be funny if it were. :)

[shankbear]

How about the nice big pork chops and ham?

[saganite]

LOL! Everyone run out to Sainsburys and buy pork loin, bacon, baby back ribs and a case of beer! Watch the place dissolve in chaos.

[bill1952]

I suppose that the pharmacy workers do not have to dispense birth control pills? Oh, wait...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yet Christian pharmacists are forced to dispense abortion and birth control medicines. We must not let this infestation take root in this country like it has in Europe.

[pandoraou812]

They're just testing, and they laugh about it later when it succeeds.

I think you are on to something & I agree with you.

[mojito]

The UK is so far down the road of cultural appeasement that I’m starting to doubt if even the pubs will be open in ten years.

[BnBlFlag]

I wonder what would be the store’s reaction if their Baptist employees refused to handle alcoholic beverages on religious grounds?

[A message]

I suppose that the pharmacy workers do not have to dispense birth control pills

or cough/ cold medication containing the evil alcohol.

[RobinOfKingston]

I don’t drink. Haven’t for 10 years. But, if this happened to me, 1) Mustapha would check out my legal product, 2) Mustapha would lose his job, or, 3) Sainsbury’s would lose my business.

[mnehring]

OK, this is getting old. The Koran teaches that you can’t consume alcohol (of the vine or of the seed) or pork. This doesn’t mean you can’t be around it, handle it or whatever. They are just using this to take small areas of control and make people bend to their will.

[shankbear]

Then you put your bags in Achmed’s cab and he gets all verklempt about the booze and pigcicles and boots you out of that cab. Call the cab company and sent his ass packing for Pakistan, Dubai, Iran or wtf ever.

[Brilliant]

"Yet Christian pharmacists are forced to dispense abortion and birth control medicines."

Really good point.

[monkeycard]

Simply fire their a$$, we have plenty of people to work.

[malamute]

can someone more enlightened than i am please explain to me the difference between a muslim who refuses to touch aluminum or glass because the contents inside contain alcohol, versus a (christian) physician or pharmacist who refuses to provide or fill a prescription for birth control or abortion ‘day-after’ pills on religious grounds ?

furthermore, what does the law say regarding this issue in the UK ? can a physician or pharmacist refuse to sell birth control or abortion pills on religious grounds ?

i’m completely ignorant on this topic with regards to the law...but i seem to remember reading somewhere that doctors and pharmacists in the United States were required by law to prescribe or fill all requests for birth control/abortion pills etc ? or do they just face sanctions from their professional associations if they do so ?

maybe grocers need professional associations.

more islamic nonsense, at any rate.

[norton]

"Islamic workers at Sainsbury’s who object to alcohol on religious grounds are told to raise their hands when encountering any drink at their till so that their earstwhile customer can drop his or her bags and walk out before a colleague dhimi can temporarily take their place or run over and cover for management's cowardice by scanning items for them.

Too messy:

Raise your hands when you check my Jack Daniels through and I'll simply walk away from the cart and the store.

[LibFreeOrDie]

NHS staff told to eat away from desks for Ramadan

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1275192007

Bakery installs a Muslims-only toilet, despite the fact that no Muslims work there

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902241/posts

[PLMerite]

Someone should infiltrate the local mosque and see if they compare notes.

“Guess what concession I got the infidels to make this week!”

[sheana]

Islamic workers at Sainsbury’s who object to alcohol on religious grounds are told to raise their hands when encountering any drink at their till so that a colleague can temporarily take their place or scan items for them.

So easy, the minute he raised his hand I would walk out, leaving everything exactly where it was.