Maybe They Should Work Someplace Else

Muslims on a Mission (Tortillas, that is):

A group of Muslim workers allege they were fired by a New Brighton tortilla factory for refusing to wear uniforms that they say were immodest by Islamic standards.

Six Somali women claim they were ordered by a manager to wear pants and shirts to work instead of their traditional Islamic clothing of loose-fitting skirts and scarves, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a civil liberties group that is representing the women.

The women have filed a religious discrimination complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

"For these women, wearing tight-fitting pants is like being naked," said Valerie Shirley, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota chapter of CAIR. "It's simply not an option."

Then the simple answer is that they need to find a job that does not have a uniform requirement. Nobody has a right to work at a specific place according to their own requirements. If they don't like the dress code, they'll have to go somewhere else. It's not the job of companies to change their policies just to satisfy some nutty religious belief.

You know what would really mess them up? If the Virgin Mary appeared in one of their tortillas (as she is sometimes known to do).