IHOP Sued After 4 Muslim Managers Are Fired

CBSDFW.COM ^ | April 18, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against IHOP and a local franchise owner on Tuesday, claiming that the restaurant owners fired four managers across the Metroplex in 2010 because they are Muslim. The attorneys for the four managers said that their clients are still unemployed because of the damage done to their reputations.

The managers worked at IHOP locations in Plano, Burleson, Fort Worth and Arlington — all owned by Anthraper Investments.

“It became very clear to them that they were no longer wanted,” explained attorney James Vagnini, who represents the men in their lawsuit. “One by one, over the course of about four to five months, each of them was fired.”

According to the lawsuit, the managers had “performed their jobs without incident” for anywhere between seven to 14 years, enduring harassment about of their religion. “On 9/11, they would get an email from the owner of Anthraper Investments saying, ‘Lay low, it’s 9/11.’ Comments referring to Arabs as dogs. That Arab men don’t treat women fairly,” said Vagnini.

The lawsuit claims that the situation got worse in 2010. During a meeting, a new district manager allegedly said, “We’re going to let these people go and have new faces coming in.” By the end of the year, all four Muslim managers were fired. According to the lawsuit, each manager was being fired for a performance issue.

[oneolcop]

Comments referring to Arabs as dogs.

Giving dogs a bad name.

[rightly_dividing]

If you dont hire them, you dont have to fire them later.

[rightly_dividing]

If you dont hire them, you dont have to fire them later.

[WashingtonSource]

Muslims should not be allowed to immigrate to America. Those who do not like here should be deported. Those who are terrorists should be arrested, tried, and put to death. Those who are terrorist sympathizers should be deported. Imams who preach anti-American hate should be deported. Mosques should be razed and shut down. Islam is totally incompatiable with Western values and should be vigorously opposed, persecuted and driven out of America.

[SaraJohnson]

That Arab men don’t treat women fairly,” said Vagnini.

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How in the world could anyone come to this conclusion? /s/ They need to talk to the DOD, DOJ and Homeland inSecurity to discover the glory of bending down to Islam.

[OlagJohnson]

I shall now support IHOP !

[sarasmom]

And I repeat what I said an a related thread:
This might be a cute backlash story, for the company being sued who owns those particular IHOPS.
Downthread in the article comments is a post that “claims” the owner is actually an Islamic woman...

I have no way of determining the truth of that particular claim.
But if factual, it would negate the lawsuit, and logically explain a few of the pointed comments from an “owner” to “management” regarding directives about specific cultural “sensitivities” of their local customer base.

I really do hope that claim is true! ROTFLMAO!

[MeganC]

Here, here.

[sarasmom]

With thanks to ApplegateRanch who supplied the following:

All the franchises involved are owned by Anthraper Investments.

From their website:

President and Chief Operating Officer
John A. Anthraper

Vice-president
Alex J. Anthraper

District Manager
Larry Hawker

Derrell Price, General Manager/ IHOP 1432
1105 West I-20, Arlington, TX 76017

Narciso Garcia, General Manager/ IHOP 1465
5901 S W Loop 820, Fortworth , TX 76132

Austin Ezeanya, General Manager/ IHOP 1472
4804 West Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75019

Adam Sayhouni, General Manager/ IHOP 1911
908 N. Burleson Blvd, Burleson, TX 76028

Would have been a nice touch, though, had it been true.