Muslim Sueing Canadian Air Transport Authority
 

She refuses to wear the uniform, :321GFY

A security guard at Toronto's Pearson Airport was ordered off the job for wearing a skirt that's too long.

Halima Muse, a practicing Muslim, was laid off without pay by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority until she agrees to wear a standard uniform that includes either slacks or a skirt that falls at the knee.

Not willing to oblige by the rules, she took matters into her own hands and filed a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission saying she was the target of religious discrimination, since Islam instructs that she dress modestly.

Muse, 33, claims that she's never had any problems with her employer in the five years that she's worked there, until now. She told media that her decision to sport the longer skirt was not a matter of personal style, it was about dignity.

In a statement she made to the Commission, Muse said she never liked the uniform pants that she used to wear because they showed the shape of her body. So she asked the person in charge of work attire for a skirt that's longer than the standard one, but was told it didn't exist. So she went out and bought material matching in colour and made her own skirt that reached her ankle.

For six months, nobody said anything to her about the garment until a manager told her she had to conform to regulations. She was suspended for one day on Aug. 11, then for three days on Aug. 15 followed by a subsequent five-day suspension and then was sent home indefinitely on Aug. 29.

A single mother from Somalia with a teenage son, Muse has been out of a job for the last three months. In that time, she's racked up debt on her credit card and has been borrowing money from relatives, according to a media report.

She said the federal employment insurance agency has rejected her application because she's not officially unemployed. She's allowed to go back to work as long as she conforms to regulations that she considers to be a violation of her religious rights.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_16858.aspx

Don't want the uniform ?
Don't take the job ...

:2 cents:

Exactly!

There was recently some uproar because a Muslim girl wanted to compete in a Judo competition wearing the Muslim head gear and was not allowed.

Fucking Canada.

Fucking Canada?

What you on about?

We need to stop bending to everyone and everything. It's not fuckin possible! Not fuckin possible! To say nothing about whether we should!
Some people honestly think it's ok to go vote with your face hidden as long as you show your ID (with your face covered) and bring a family member to vouch for you. FUCK THAT! Get out of the friggin stone age!
I'm proud of Canada's tolerance towards everyone but this is just bullshit.

Canada is becoming quite the multicultural failure. We have no identity. People come here and we welcome them with open arms. A great concept in theory. The problem starts when people coming here don't want anything to do with the culture that's already here. I'm not talking about dropping your religious beliefs or customs, but perhaps make an effort to try and fit in. As Canadians, we can't seem to apologize fast enough for offending the people.

Want to wear a Birka in a passport photo? Oh, well, your god above my security for sure .. I'm sorry I suggested otherwise! I'm sorry. So sorry. How may I change myself to better suit your needs?

I dont get these people! dont like the uniform go work for Iranian Air Authority or get a job at fucking halal store and do what ever u want.

Who gives a shit?

If none of the passengers complained then why even waste energy giving a shit. The reason no one said anything for six months is because it doesn't even matter and no one even noticed.

"These people"? The story I read only mentioned one person.

Oh, sorry...now I get it. "All dem muzzzlimbs is fucking wit' our airy-planes because one bitch made her own skirt". :1orglaugh

better yet go back where you came from.:2 cents:

uhhh, doesn't it say she could have decided to wear slacks!!!

no idiot, the people that actually refuse to comply with uniform code because of what ever.... and no, its not just muslims. Go to Surrey BC and see all those Sinkhs.. now thats a freak show.

if the person can't integrate , would be a logical solution .

Hmm, it said she worked there for 5 years with no problems so it's kinda harsh to kick her out over a skirt.

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