HolyCoast: Muslim Disney Employee Not Finding a Lot of Support
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Muslim Disney Employee Not Finding a Lot of Support

Local news station KTLA ran an online poll regarding the Disney employee that's demanding to wear her hijab (head scarf) to work everyday. She's now suing Disney, but if this goes to trial she better look elsewhere for jurors:
It's not a scientific poll and both sides can certainly stack the results but I imagine these numbers are probably pretty representative of the people around here.

I have a couple of questions for the woman:
  1. Does your official Disney ID show you wearing a hijab?
  2. When you were interviews by Disney were you wearing a hijab?
  3. When you attended employee orientation were you wearing a hijab?
  4. At any point during the interview or hiring process, or during your early training did you tell Disney you were required to wear a hijab according to your religious beliefs?
  5. Were you recruited by the local union to create bad PR for Disney because of the ongoing labor dispute?
  6. Was this whole thing a set-up from the start?
I'll go back to my original pronouncement on this case - she'll lose.  While the constitution provides a freedom of religion it doesn't give religion the right to trump every other authority.  Corporations like Disney can still make their own costume requirements and work rules and if they do not feel a Muslim hijab is appropriate wear for an employee in the public eye they can make that decision without violating anyone's rights.

(image from Winds of Jihad)
She thinks she's striking a blow for Islam but in fact she'll make it even less likely that Disney will hire Muslim workers in the future, and is creating public relations problems for a religion that doesn't need anymore PR problems right now.

2 comments:

Laura said...

This girl is so self-centered and selfish...she knew when she was hired it was for a job in a costume. And Disney has even offered to accommodate her with a "backstage" office job which doesn't require a costume, but no, she wants to force Disney to change their costumes.

When I worked there I certainly didn't have a big cross hanging down the front of my costume.
Litigation-happy people like this make everything harder and more expensive for the rest of us, and I think a large number of Americans are tired of this kind of baloney.

Best wishes,
Laura

Sharon said...

This gal is a typical nut case!

I don't there there is any doubt but what someone else put her up to all of this.

Tell her to find a job in some Muslim country and everybody will be happy.