Texas: Major Medical Group Bows to CAIR

The Islamic whining machine, the Council on American Islamic Relations, has secured another victory. How much longer will this organization be allowed to bully us from within?

CAIR: Texas Medical Group Apologizes for Hijab Flap, Clarifies Policy on
Religious Accommodation


WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national Muslim
civil rights and advocacy organization announced today that a major medical
group in Texas has apologized to a Muslim job applicant and has agreed to
"clarify" its policy on religious accommodation for employees who wear
religious attire such as Islamic head scarves (hijab) or beards.

SEE:
Clinic Apologizes for Telling Muslim Doctor She Can't Wear Headscarf

Last week, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
reported that a Muslim doctor being interviewed for a position with CareNow, a
medical group with 22 facilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, was told that
a "no hat" policy would prohibit her from wearing hijab. She was also
reportedly informed that CareNow prohibits employees from wearing beards.
(Many Muslim men view wearing a beard as a religious requirement.)

A CAIR letter to CareNow noted that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an
employee, unless to do so would create an "undue hardship" on the employer.


In an October 31 e-mail, CareNow President Tim Miller wrote:

"We regret the misunderstanding with Dr. Zaki. We will clarify our policy and
continue to provide training to our current employees to try to prevent future
misunderstandings. We look forward to sitting down with Dr. Zaki and
discussing potential job opportunities. Bright, young doctors like her are
just what we're looking for."

"We are pleased that all current and future CareNow employees will have their
legal right to religious accommodation acknowledged and respected," said CAIR
National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.

He said CAIR's South Carolina chapter recently assisted a Muslim worker who
alleges that he suffered religious discrimination at the hands of co-workers
after he requested a private place at work to perform his prayers.

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CAIR Behind Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Lawsuit

The Council on American Islamic Relations is at it again. Once again they are trying to get companies across the country to fall in line and cater to Islam. If things do not change, Islam will eventually win by taking over from within.

Hat tip to The Religion of Peace.

Teen at center of rights suit
A federal agency alleges that a retailer did not hire her because of her hijab.

By GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer
Published: 9/18/2009 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 9/18/2009 4:33 AM

A popular national chain of clothing stores is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a Muslim Tulsa teenager because she wears a hijab, a religiously mandated head scarf.

The EEOC filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Abercrombie & Fitch in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, modified in 1991, as the basis for the action.

The suit says that Samantha Elauf, 17, applied in June 2008 for a sales job at the Abercrombie Kids store in Woodland Hills Mall.

A district manager allegedly told her that the hijab, which Elauf wears in observance of her religious beliefs, did not fit the store's image.

"Defendant refused to hire Ms. Elauf because she wears a hijab, claiming that the wearing of headgear was prohibited by its Look Policy, and, further, failed to accommodate her religious beliefs by making an exception to the Look Policy," the lawsuit states.

Elauf went to the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma, which helped her file a complaint with the EEOC in Oklahoma City.

The Civil Rights Act protects people from discrimination based upon religion in hiring and in the terms of their employment, an EEOC press release says.

The law requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee unless doing so would create an "undue hardship" for the employer.

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Muslim Woman Arrested in US Courtroom

Hat tip on the pic and update to TexCat.

As a Muslim woman from Georgia named Lisa Valentine, also known by her Islamic name, Miedah, tried to enter a courtroom, a bailiff told her that she would have to remove her hijab if she wanted to come in. Instead of complying she cursed the bailiff. As a result she was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court. Apparently it is OK when they tell us how to live, but no one can ask anything of them. Now CAIR has gotten in the middle of it all and has asked the Department of Justice to get involved and investigate the judge, as the judge has barred other Islamic women from his courtroom in the past for the same reason.

It is fascinating to me that CAIR even has the nerve to show their faces in front of the Justice Department after they have recently been hit with racketeering charges. Back in 2006 CAIR pursued a similar case in Tacoma and got the court to reverse its decision about Muslim women wearing headscarves in the state's courtrooms. Presiding Judge Jack Emery now allows all religious headgear into the Tacoma courts. Obviously in the past Jews had no problem following this rule. This is just another attempt by Muslims to impose Islam on our country.