Posted on 08/15/2012 5:15:16 AM PDT by SJackson
"The Constitution tells me I can be Muslim, and I can wear the head scarf. Who is Disney to tell me I cannot?" A private company with a dress code that it is (at least so far) still free to implement. But the point of this case is to reinforce the principle that wherever Islamic law and American law and practice conflict, it is American law and practice that must give way.
"Muslim Employee Suing Disney Over Right to Wear Hijab," from KTLA, August 13 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A Muslim woman who worked as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant is suing Disney, claiming the company wouldn't let her appear in front of guests while wearing her headscarf. It's a dispute that's been going on for about two years, but now the American Civil Liberties Union is getting involved.
It all started in August 2010 when Imane Boudlal, a Morocco-born U.S. citizen, worked at the Storyteller Cafe in Disney's Grand California Hotel.
Boudlal wears a headscarf, or hijab, but Disney said the garment didn't comply with its strict dress code.
Disney offered up a compromise hat for her to wear, but Boudlal said it made her look like a joke.
"The hat makes a joke of my religion and draws even more attention to me," Boudlal told KTLA at the time.
"It's unacceptable. They don't want me to look Muslim. They just don't want the head covering to look like a hijab."
And her point is that she wants to look Muslim. She wants to force Disney into featuring Muslims and showcasing the Muslim presence there. Disney doesn't want people to look like adherents of any particular religion -- they want people to get into the spirit of fun and fantasy that their games and rides and shows represent. But for Islam all must give way.
Boudlal had worked at the resort for two and a half years, but only realized she could wear her hijab to work after studying for her U.S. citizenship exam. She became a citizen in June 2010, and decided to challenge the Disney dress code a couple months later, on August 15.
When she wore her headscarf to work, Boudlal says she was told to take it off, work in the back where customers couldn't see her or go home.
She chose to go home, but reported to work for the next two days and was told the same thing.
Boudlal subsequently filed a complaint against Disney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission..
In a prepared statement, Disney spokeswoman Suzi Brown said the company "values diversity and has a long-standing policy against discrimination of any kind."
"Typically, somebody in an on-stage position like hers wouldn't wear something like that, that's not part of the costume," Brown said.
"We were trying to accommodate her with a backstage position that would allow her to work. We gave her a couple of different options and she chose not to take those."
But Boudlal maintains that wearing a headscarf is her constitutional right.
"My scarf doesn't do anything to harm Disney or the guests," she told KTLA.
"The Constitution tells me I can be Muslim, and I can wear the head scarf. Who is Disney to tell me I cannot?"
As for this policy, everyone knows that it is Disney policy to celebrate diversity by making everything exactly the same. And somewhat bland. Don't want to overwhelm or scare the little ones, doncha know.
She wants a hijab, she should get a hijab. A hijab to the forehead, followed by a right hook to the kidney, and then a left uppercut to the chin.
Let’s face it: a significant percentage of females don’t seem to be too enamored of freedom, and look instead for the sense of security that comes from being dominated, by abusive men, religions, or paternalistic government.
They hate the West.
Why are they here ?
... but only realized she could wear her hijab to work after studying for her U.S. citizenship exam.
Apparently she didn't study well enough to realize the First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law...", not "Disney shall make no law...".
Actually Imane, its your religion that makes a joke of your religion.
When "Aladdin" came out, the Muslims screamed to have the lyrics to the music changed, and Disney caved. So the precedent has been set.
Even Disney's vaunted legal hit squads cannot fight Political Correctness.
“They hate the West.
Why are they here?”
To impose Islam upon the infidel.
In her case, it’s also about the money. She’s obviously waiting for a huge settlement offer where she would agree to find employment elsewhere.
Uncle Walt sure wouldn’t cave to this type of extortion.
...to destroy it
...let’s see, if an American citizen walked into a muslim, let’s say bakery, and was wearing a Miss Piggy t-shirt and was refused service he/she can sue right?
All I have an obligation to due regardless of any local, state or federal law otherwise is to give any Moslem a decent American style welcoming reception, and its not my fault if they get sick or lose their stomach.
Its our individual duty to resist the invasion of Islam.
Just as long as they can wear the numbers off your debit card, then they’ll put up with anything.
She offends me.
Disney is supposed to be a happy place, not a scary place. That means no deathcult headscarves!
IIRC, the Constituion tells me I can own and carry a firearm. Goose, gander, sauce.
I must have missed that head scarf right in the constitution.
“Who is Disney to tell me I cannot?”
It is a free country. Work for an employer who has a dress code that is more in harmony with how you want to practice your faith. But freedom cuts both ways. Don’t come back in few years and demand that I obey your Sharia Law.
Agreed. We haven’t been back to Disney since the early 90’s. I’ve had it with their PC cow towing to gays and every other subversive group, and now muslims included.
We enjoy vacations seeing America’s outdoor beauty, beaches, mountains, etc. Spending thousands on a fantasy world is a total waste of time and money.
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