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Man gets payout for not shaking woman's hand in Sweden
The Local (Sweden) ^ | 20 May 13 15:05 CET

Posted on 05/22/2013 5:24:40 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

A town in western Sweden has agreed to pay damages to a man who was told he wouldn't be hired if he refused to shake a woman's hand for religious reasons.

The decision by officials in Trollhättan to pay the man 30,000 kronor ($4,500) means the municipality won't have to face a review of the case by Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen).

The incident stemmed from an office visit by a man who had been offered an internship with the integration division at Trollhättan municipality.

When the man was set to meet a female supervisor at the office, he refused to shake her hand, explaining his religion forbade him from shaking hands with women unless he washed his hands directly afterwards.

The female supervisor then reportedly told the man that he could not intern at the office if he was not comfortable shaking everybody's hand. She also allegedly added that the office had hand sanitizer that he could use.

While the incident was later reported to the Equality Ombudsman, the national office that investigates suspected cases of discrimination, the case was settled before the ombudsman began its investigation, with Trollhättan municipality choosing to pay damages to the man.

"The intern candidate explained that his religion forbade him from shaking the hand of a woman he did not know," municipal spokesman Said Niklund told the TTELA newspaper.

"By law, a person who feels they've been disadvantaged because of their religion has a right to damages. We made a mistake, we took responsibility for it, and the person was compensated."

The incident has reportedly had repercussions at the workplace, however, damaging the morale among the staff at Trollhättan's integration division. An investigation into the workplace environment is under way.

The leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats said on Saturday the party planned to report the municipality to the Ombudsman for Justice (Justitieombudsmannen, JO), stating that "equality is more important than multiculturalism".

"This case is extremely upsetting... it is absurd and makes a mockery of equality and Swedish values," party leader Jimmie Åkesson said in a statement.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; stockholm; sweden; waronterror
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1 posted on 05/22/2013 5:24:40 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I thought you are supposed to kiss women in Europe.


2 posted on 05/22/2013 5:27:23 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
... explaining his religion forbade him from shaking hands with women unless he washed his hands directly afterwards.

Methodist?

3 posted on 05/22/2013 5:27:26 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

What’s the man’s name? What is the religion? These are questions we must have answers to.


4 posted on 05/22/2013 5:28:10 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

WE probably know that answer.


5 posted on 05/22/2013 5:29:10 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Perdogg

Or pinch their behinds?


6 posted on 05/22/2013 5:29:34 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: DeaconBenjamin
"The decision by officials in Trollhättan to pay the man 30,000 kronor ($4,500)"

Only $4,500!, well heck, he should have received everything, all 50 million plus slavery to the staff, for such an offense!

sarcasm off/

7 posted on 05/22/2013 5:30:12 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
The decision by officials in Trollhättan to pay the man 30,000 kronor

Sounds like an area of the Upper West side comprised of liberals who like to invade Free Republic.

8 posted on 05/22/2013 5:30:18 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: Perdogg

Why couldn’t he just get along by marrying this woman (”You are my Wife, You are my Wife, You are my Wife”), shake her hand, and then... immediately after hand disconnection, say “I Divorce You, I Divorce You, I Divorce You”.


9 posted on 05/22/2013 5:30:40 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: austinaero
It's almost like they kept those details out of the story deliberately..............weird
10 posted on 05/22/2013 5:30:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Trollhättan?


11 posted on 05/22/2013 5:34:14 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (God Bless America)
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Refuse to shake his hand .. don't look at him, refuse to touch his money when he tries to pay for the groceries ... don't pull them to the scanner because he touched them ... mother PHUQUE these assholes !!

I am SO pissed off !!!

They wipe their ass with their left hand and give the host nation the salute with the right middle finger.

phuque THEM !!!

12 posted on 05/22/2013 5:35:51 AM PDT by knarf (uals-two logic)
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To: V_TWIN

His name is mohammed bin jihad bin allahackbar. His religion is demon worship.


13 posted on 05/22/2013 5:38:06 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Just as I expected.


14 posted on 05/22/2013 5:41:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Pan_Yan

Pastafarian!


15 posted on 05/22/2013 5:47:34 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Diskrimineringsombudsmannen

I'd take the job just to get the wooden desk plaque with that on it.

16 posted on 05/22/2013 5:47:44 AM PDT by ItsForTheChildren
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Swedish values aka Jante Law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante


17 posted on 05/22/2013 5:48:40 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Fascinating. Thank you.


18 posted on 05/22/2013 5:50:55 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin (A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Looks like Sweden is ahead of the other nations of western and central Europe in their race to the bottom of the toilet.


19 posted on 05/22/2013 5:55:50 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

WWTVD

What would the Vikings do?


20 posted on 05/22/2013 5:56:40 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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