Political Correctness Gone MAD!

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DOCTORS GIVE IN TO MUSLIMS

DOCTORS and health workers have been banned from eating lunch at their desks - in case it offends their Muslim colleagues.

Health chiefs believe the sight of food will upset Muslim workers when they are celebrating the religious festival Ramadan.

The lunch trolley is also to be wheeled out of bounds as the 30-day fast begins next month.

But staff and politicians branded the move political correctness gone mad and warned that it was a step too far.

Bill Aitken, the Scottish Conservative justice spokesman, said: “This advice, well-meaning as it may be, is total nonsense.

“It is the sort of thing that can stir up resentment rather than result in good relations.”

The new guidance comes in the wake of the failed terror attacks on Glasgow and the death of suspect Kafeel Ahmed, 27.

Health chiefs in Lothian and Glasgow will give all employees time off to pray and to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan.

But Greater Glasgow and Clyde as well as Lothian NHS boards also issued the advice, warning workers not to take working lunches, and said all vending machines should be removed from areas where Muslims work.

One senior consultant said: “What next? Are we going to have advice on how to deal with Catholics during Lent?
“This kind of thing does more harm than good.”

The guidance, which was sent round many organisations, was produced by Glasgow consultancy Meem, which advises on Muslim issues and counts the Scottish Parliament among its clients.

Na’eem Raza, a senior consultant with the firm, said he was thrilled that the health boards had formally adopted the guidance.

He added: “The idea is to get faith in the workplace out in the open.

“In the current climate, people need to understand where communities are coming from and what people are feeling.

“After the Glasgow attack this is very important. This is about educating people and making them more aware and more confident when dealing with issues surrounding the Muslim community.

“People have stopped talking over the garden fence and we need to break down the barriers so that people can talk comfortably to each other.

“It would never stir up resentment. Faith is an important issue. Why not have guidance on all of the issues that affect us, including different faiths?”

Health chiefs defended their use of the guidance and said it was important to promote a positive and tolerant culture at work.

A NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spokesman said: “As a large organisation we recognise that many of our staff, patients and visitors will be participating in Ramadan.

“We have therefore made information available to our staff to raise awareness of Ramadan and help to answer any questions they may have.”

NHS Lothian said: “We have recently agreed a quality and diversity strategy and as a responsible and pro-active employer we will continue to promote a positive culture which recognises and respects diversity both in our workforce and in the people we serve.”

Fucking OUTRAGEOUS!
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Ridiculous... greekturkish/shakehead.gif

The POINT of Remezan is for the Muslims to learn to control themselves and to be thankful for what they have...

It's not to avoid seeing food for the duration of the sun being up... greekturkish/laugh.gif

QUOTE (Dirii @ August 15, 2007 06:18 pm)

Ridiculous... greekturkish/shakehead.gif

x2 my bro

It's to understand the poor and help them and ofcourse be thankfull to God

QUOTE (artist @ August 15, 2007 05:33 pm)

x2 my bro

It's to understand the poor and help them and ofcourse be thankfull to God

Exactly, ablacim... greekturkish/Yes.gif

And how are they going to learn self-control if they don't see temptation?

That is why these measures are ridiculous and counter productive...

Edit: Another reason why this measure is counter productive, is that the religion of Islam clearly states a dozen times: religion is not to make your life harder for you - it is to challenge you to improve yourself... And the scripts also clearly state that you should not go out of your way to follow the scripts... In e.g. people around you should not be bothered by YOU following your religion... It is a choice solely YOURS and therefore you must shoulder the JOY alone - yes some people think of it as "burden" - but then it's not Halal...

QUOTE (Dirii @ August 15, 2007 06:47 pm)

Exactly, ablacim... greekturkish/Yes.gif

And how are they going to learn self-control if they don't see temptation?

That is why these measures are ridiculous and counter productive...

I agree

lame... it's just like that time it turned out a British company was responsible for banning youtube in Turkey because they thought it was what Turks would want...

Its a big fashion here for middle-aged, undersexed overweight white daft chicks with too much money to be super-condescending and suggest such ridiculous schemes.

Seen nothing in the british press about this

QUOTE (turkkan @ August 16, 2007 11:21 am)

Seen nothing in the british press about this

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/16309

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Heres some of the comments people have made:

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DOCTORS GIVE IN TO MUSLIMS

15.08.07, 5:35pm

This is outrageous! Once again, we have caved in to muslims. Why do we keep making special concessions for them? Now we are being told when and where we can eat?

Christians, Hindus and all other religions are persecuted every day in muslim countries. We are not allowed to build a church, not allowed to bring a Bible into a muslim country, not allowed to wear a cross, not allowed to even show our hair ! Yet Western countries keep bending over backward - or is it just bending over? - and taking it, and taking it, and taking it, from a group of savages who blindly worship an ideology (no, I will not call it a religion) invented by a murdering, raping, thieving pedophile.

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WHY STOP THERE...

15.08.07, 10:42am

This is outrageous. Unless thes ehealth worker are prepared to convert to Islam, eat Halal, and denounce Christianity, Muslim will continue to feel like an oppressed minority and will be fully justified in blowing themselves up.

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DOCTORS GIVE IN TO MUSLIMS

15.08.07, 1:43am

What is next? Will the Muslims demand you observe the same rituals as they do? Don't eat, pray five times a day, shakedown for alms?

Someone better stand up to these people rather than bending over.

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TERRORISM DOES PAY......

15.08.07, 12:14am

see?, terrorism does pay. The Jihad against Glasgow airport was not a failure, it is now starting to yield results.

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IT'S A GOOD START

14.08.07, 8:34pm

After the homegrown violence this year we should be asking ourselves what we can do to better integrate our Muslim citizens. It is not as if British civilisation is going to collapse from a few accommodations to make Muslims less self conscious about their unique status.

Unfortunately this la-*test*-('") move did not help enough. It created new problems. Now that meal carts and working lunch is banned Muslims will be left alone in the office while their coworkers go out to eat together. Muslim health care workers will be missing out on important social networking opportunities that their non-Muslim coworkers receive. We need a solution for that. We should instead encourage non-Muslims to try sharing their Muslim coworkers' experience of fasting. It might be difficult the first year or two but eventually it will become familiar.

^^Makes some good points, but then you feel like telling him to shut the fuck up when he suggests non-muslims should start fasting too for ramadan. What a fucking dick head.

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