[Talking_Mouse]

I know that this is going to get me flamed, however a large part of what is going on here is power within the hospital that has very little to do with religion. Mr. Protano was fired because he is a porter, low on the hospital hierarchy. The others in the complaint much higher in hierarchy then he, "three Muslims were using it - two patients and a doctor". Doctors outrank everyone except administrators. If there is a complaint between a doctor and a porter, the porter losses.

This is not to say that Mr. Protano was not within his rights in his wish that the prayer room's furnishing not be changed by anyone who used the room, without permission from the hospital. I am also in no way saying that Islam isn't encroaching on fundamental freedoms of the Western World.

However, if there is a complaint between a Catholic doctor and a Muslim porter, the Muslim porter is going to loose. Mr. Protano was treated so poorly because he was a porter and the other person was a doctor.

[verga]

However, if there is a complaint between a Catholic doctor and a Muslim porter, the Muslim porter is going to loose. Mr. Protano was treated so poorly because he was a porter and the other person was a doctor.

I wouldn't bet on it if I were you. This happened in England, right now Europe is in the throes of Muslim expansion that does not show any signs of slowing down.