Muslim Flight Attendant Says She Was Suspended

[downbeatplumb]

...because of her religion.  She refused to serve alcohol.

I saw this on CNN first.  There was a doctor who is a Muslim that commented on this issue.  She says that according to the Koran this rule is about abstaining from consuming alcohol.  The flight attendant is a new convert I think, and she is taking it too literally.  Koran says nothing, according to the commentator, about serving alcohol, and in some cases it is allowed for medicinal purposes.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2350775

This is not suspension because of her religion this is her refusing to do her job. If you don't want to serve alcohol don't get a job serving alcohol.

[vorlon13]

Would all the women on the plane have to wear a burqa too, just so she won't be offended ?

[brian1570]

Yet the Taliban banned opium production and cultivation because they thought it was un-Islamic.

It's kind of funny they think they've got a perfect book, written by their god to test them and see whether they're worthy of heaven or hell, and they can't even decide whether the book says drug dealing is wrong or not between them.

that was the early taliban who were formed during the civil war. if memory serves. later they would become the very thing they formed to fight in the beginning. now the "president" of the country is the brother to the biggest drug dealer in the country. or it least that was the case when i was there in 2011. also fun little tid bit, afghanistan's mountains are riddle with metals of all different type. the country is sitting on a almost literal gold mine, yet they'd rather fuck around with drugs in their mud huts.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

There are Muslim shop owners and workers the length and breadth of the UK who would disagree with her that selling alcohol isn't allowed.

There was a doctor who is a Muslim that commented on this issue. She says that according to the Koran this rule is about abstaining from consuming alcohol. The flight attendant is a new convert I think, and she is taking it too literally. Koran says nothing, according to the commentator, about serving alcohol, and in some cases it is allowed for medicinal purposes.

I'm pretty certain they could use the same argument for selling heroin.

Not to mention a decent number of Muslims who actually drink the stuff too.

[vorlon13]

I've encountered a few Muslim and LDS 12 Steppers over the years.

Jews too.  They make great drunks, but lousy sober people,

[Salacious B. Crumb]

So, you're telling me that this woman didn't know she would be serving alcohol when the main part of her job is to serve drinks to the passengers?

This lady is an idiot.

[ignoramus]

The story makes me laugh.
If we didn't discriminate against religious views, the world wouldn't have even evolved to invent corporate airlines...

Go back to your fucking cave!

[robvalue]

You can't just let people not do parts of their job for made up reasons. Allow one, allow all.

[Mr.wizard]

How many Christians do you think will race to her defense, like they did for the Kentucky clerk of court?

[Divinity]

That's it. I'm starting Divinitism right fucking now.

I get all the free shit I want, or I claim everyone is persecuting me because of my religious beliefs. It's getting fucking ridiculous.