Why do we treat Muslims so well??

[Abdulmajid]

Can I sue a movie agent because the part I wanted needed a woman all because I am a man?

Can I sue a local catholic church for an advertised role for a choir boy when I can'[t sing and I am a man?

Can I sue a local art gallery for not promoting my work all because I can't paint for toffee?

Probably not,

Can anybody therefore explain how this odious, foul, terrorist loving bint of a hideous woman managed to receive damages for this??

Why is Great Britain so kind to these sickening people?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7457 794.stm

[Quinlad]

And it turns out all white Christians fiddle with kids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Report

[WaldoMcFroog]

Did someone call for an irony bypass..?

[Quinlad]

Oh right. I thought if you find evidence of some doing it, then it's fair to assume that they all do it...

That's the way you lot spin it with Muslims isn't it?

[Supernick]

Thank God this one is over, it's been running for bloody months. I'll admit, this is one of those cases that strays very close to the line of what is acceptable and unacceptable in hiring your staff.

The bottom line is that you're going to really struggle to justify in most professions that you need a certain 'look'. There are times when you could specify a level of attractiveness, or a certain ethnicity, but hairdressing is not one of those in my opinion.

The debate over acting has reared it's head. There are parts that require a certain ethnicity. You can't have a black Winston Churchill, and you can't have a white Martin Luther King. But unless based on real people, most parts don't have to be racially specific. I see no reason why you can't have a black Joseph, or Nancy etc. Look at the Shawshank Redemption - Morgan Freeman is playing the part of Red, written as a white Irishman. And a fine piece of casting it is too.

[flip_flop]

I thought that when the story first emerged - there are loads of ways she could've turned her down for a job without ever needing to mention the head scarf.

All she had to do was conduct the interview as normal and then after a few days a simple "I've found a more suitable applicant" would've sufficed.

[andy-hughes]

Deja vu anyone?

[Barquentine]

If Germany decided to attack us a third time, this time they would win. There's not a chance enough Brits would be arsed to fight them next time. And be in no doubt, it may be nominally a minority of extremists, but so were the Nazis in 30s Germany. They bear all the hallmarks of Nazi fascists - utter intolerance for anyone else's way of life. Our toleration of intolerance will be our downfall.

[69GS]

She deserves the 4k. I remember when I got turned down for a job before and I was upset for a few hours. I wish I could have got 4k

[Quinlad]

I'd rather be under German rule. At least they've learnt something from the persecution of the Jews.

Our attitude towards Muslims mimics 1930s Germany so closely, it's not even funny.

(We'd also be better at football.)

[Quinlad]

I'd miss proper sausages. And you, of course.

There's always 'justification', Raggy. Back then, it was widely held that Jews were crippling the German economy. With us, it's terrorism.

Then, as now, it was wildly over-blown.

[Quinlad]

*Awaits response along the lines of "Tell that to the victims of 7/7" or similar.*

[sp1814]

It doesn't matter what Muslims do now...there are enough people who hate them that no matter what, they will be demonised.

The owner of the hairdressing salon has displayed a really bizarre attitude towards business.

Did she actually try to establish whether this girl was a good stylist?

Hands up to has ever walked into a hairdressers/barbers and asked for the same haircut as the stylist?

Furthermore, can anyone name a celebrity stylish who doesn't have horrible hair?

No - it was a complete non-issue.

[Twenty20]

If you take this as purely an employment tribunal case without getting overheated about Muslims, Christians or any other religion, the salon owner was very stupid with the way she handled it. Any sensible person employing staff these days knows the law regarding employment and she should have just used another excuse not to hire the girl. I'd guess she's probably too young and inexperienced to be running a business, or maybe she's just a bit naive?