The owner of a hair salon is being sued for religious discrimination for refusing to hire a Muslim woman who wears a headscarf. Sarah Desrosiers, 32, says she turned down Bushra Noah as a junior stylist to maintain the image of her salon, which specialises in "urban, funky" cuts. She told Miss Noah, 19, she needed her staff to display their hairstyles to the public. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago tags hairdresser sued refusing hire muslim headscarf |
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The opening shots in a £34,000 (previously £15,000) employment battle between a pink-haired salon owner and a headscarf-wearing Muslim stylist were fired yesterday with an accusation of "blatant" religious discrimination. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Remember this story? The salon owner who simply wanted her hairstylist to model the hair styles was ordered to pay $8000 for "injury to feeling" Hurting her feelings!? The court felt it wasn't religiously motivated, but felt the salon owner didn't prove her contention that failing to model the item being sold would result in fewer sales. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 22 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Muslim dentist insisted that a young woman wear an Islamic headscarf before he would agree to treat her for toothache. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Chinese hair salon has been shut down and fined 500,000 yuan ($71,280) for holding two customers hostage and charging wildly excessive fees for haircuts, a newspaper reported on Monday. picked by indisguise 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Stands by their decision because they want to uphold the employee dress code; teen says it's religious discrimination and plans to sue. 15 comments edit related share plime.comWhat do you think of this? picked by choco 1 month ago |
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Thanks to a well-placed letter B, things are looking up for the Chicago hair salon formerly known as Ossama's. picked by TexanAsh 11 months ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
Junk mail rarely brings you something you want, but for one homeowner it has led to a lawsuit landing on his doormat. Paul O'Brien is being sued by a woman who says she trapped her hand in his letterbox while posting mail. Joy Goodman, a cake decorator in her late 40s, is seeking damages for personal injury and loss of earnings. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 11 comments edit related share plime.com |
Some Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer exam questions on alcohol-related or sexually transmitted diseases because they claim it offends their religious beliefs. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 18 comments edit related share plime.com |
Muslim sex offenders are asking to be let off a prison treatment programme on religious grounds. Rapists, paedophiles and other dangerous attackers are expected to discuss their crimes with other inmates as a condition of release. But Muslim prisoners complain that criminals should not have to talk about their offences - a "legitimate Islamic position", according to Ahtsham Ali, the Pris... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |
The job of the nurse used to one of caring for the sick and needy. But not - it would seem - in today's politically-correct Britain. Now, nurses are being encouraged to spend valuable time turning around the beds of Muslim patients up to five times a day - so they can face Mecca. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Paris swimming pool has refused to allow a young Muslim woman to swim after she tried to enter while wearing a burqini, a full body covering that resembles a wet-suit with built-in hood. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago 37 comments edit related share world |
An elderly woman crashed into a man on a scooter and then kept driving to a beauty salon to get her hair washed this morning, police said. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
Shockingly, the d**kensian bone disease rickets has reemerged in the British Muslim community because women are not getting enough vital vitamin D from sunlight because they are being consigned to life under a shroud. picked by Doggylives 5 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Health officials are having crisis talks with Muslim medical staff who have objected to hospital hygiene rules because of religious beliefs. Women medical students at Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool objected to rolling up their sleeves when washing their hands and removing arm coverings in theatre, claiming it is regarded as immodest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
The employer that fired a female Muslim security screener for refusing to wear the uniform length skirt has been ordered to reinstate her in an administrative position while the dress code issues are worked out. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
"we are helping to bring out the best in Muslim woman, to prove that a Muslim woman is a role model to other women in the world, not an oppressed, no name, and no face being." picked by gammerus 3 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Sure and Dove Hair Minimising roll-ons and sprays, both manufactured by Unilever, will go on sale next month. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThey are being billed as the first deodorants which noticeably slow down the speed of hair growth. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago |
A group of Muslims are making demands and threats that their religious holidays be recognized as official school holidays. Bloomberg is trying to stand up to them stating the logical problem of adding every religious holiday to the school calendar. That and the school holidays are not really "christian" in celebration. A Christmas tree has zero to do with Christ's birth. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
Seeing-eye dogs are a nonstarter among many Muslims who consider the animals unclean, but a horse the size of a dog just might work. More on the Guide Horse Foundation picked by suebe 8 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Calls flooded Jerry Klein's radio talk show when he suggested that Muslims be forced to display some identifying tattoo or badge. While his statement was a hoax, the plentiful comments agreeing with him and then some, were frighteningly real. picked by ybne1else 3 years ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |