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Male nurse 'fired for treating women wearing Muslim hijab' ( Detroit )
ap ^ | 25th November 2011

Posted on 11/25/2011 9:10:05 AM PST by cutty

A male registered nurse and Vietnam war Army medic has sued the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, saying he was fired for disobeying a Muslim supervisor's order not to treat women wearing conservative Islamic dress.

John Benitez Jr. ... was fired... 'not because of any performance problem, but was instead carried out because the clinic's conservative male Muslim clientele did not want a male treating female patients.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: dearborn; detroit; hijab; islam; mohammedan; mohammedanism; moslem; moslems; muslim; muslimhijab; muslims; sharia; ungland
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To: HiTech RedNeck
First Amendment case?

That would be nice if it happened in America, but this is Detroit we're talking about.

(sarcasm)(or is it?)

21 posted on 11/26/2011 1:13:01 AM PST by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...
MICHIGAN PING LIST

Please freepmail me if you wish to be added or dropped from the mitten ping.

22 posted on 11/26/2011 7:43:02 AM PST by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: cutty

The clinic has been closed for budgetary reasons. Here’s a bit more to the story from the Detroit News:

The city closed the clinic June 30 amid budget cuts.

A Dearborn spokeswoman declined comment.

Hospitals and health clinics routinely make accommodations based on religion, said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. “In general, unless it is for emergency situations, many Muslims would prefer being screened and touched by someone of the same gender,” Walid said. “If he was fired based upon an order from a supervisor, that obviously would be unjust.”

“In general, unless it is for emergency situations, many Muslims would prefer being screened and touched by someone of the same gender,” Walid said. “If he was fired based upon an order from a supervisor, that obviously would be unjust.”


23 posted on 11/26/2011 8:14:29 AM PST by sand lake bar (You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt; The Great RJ
Actually, your plan would violate the civil rights laws on public accomodations.

How so? If you were foolish enough to take any member of your family there they would treat them just like they would any other dhimmi foolish enough to go there.

24 posted on 11/26/2011 8:44:50 AM PST by magslinger (Who cares if they are"electable" if they are going to govern like Democrats? -noprogs)
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