On Yahoo News (written by Associated Press) there was a short news story about a Disney worker by the name of Imane Boudlal that refused to remove her 'hijab'. A hijab is a piece of cloth that a Muslim puts on their head. Anyways, according to the story Disney offered an alternative headscarf-thing that would satisfy the employee's belief in wearing a piece of cloth in order to make an invisible man happier, along with the clothing requirements of Disney employees. She refused to wear it, and referred to the offer as 'making a joke of her religion'.
Is Disney making a joke of Islam? Is Islam just a joke? I suppose only Allah knows (meaning nobody knows). Please keep in mind, I am not implying that Islam is a joke, I am simply asking questions here.
This woman has a lot of arrogance to think that Disney should change their policy to accommodate her. Before applying for this job, she should have researched what the job entails. If you can't manage to do the job (which includes following the dress code) don't apply for the job. This sounds painfully obvious, but people like to play stupid in order to win money from a lawsuit.
Imagine if a person named Bob had a religion which prohibited him from touching wood—believing that the touching of wood is pure evil. Bob applied for a job working as a lumberjack.
Should:
A) The logging company be responsible for 'accommodating' Bob's beliefs?
Or
B) Should Bob find a job that doesn't involve touching wood?
While this make-believe religion is nothing like Catholicism, for example—which accommodates a priest's desire to touch as much wood as they want—that is neither here nor there. The point here is that that Imane Boudlal should stop being such a drama queen and should find another job that pays $10 an hour that will allow her to wear that cloth thing on her head.
As with all the Yahoo News Stories I put up, here is a link to the story: Yahoo News. And here are some of the user comments...
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