Muslims In America Need to Get Real
A 24 year old female employee at Disneyland in California has decided -
after two years on the job as hostess at a restaurant in one of the Disney
hotels - that she should be wearing a hijab, the Muslim head scarf. She
advised Disney of this decision and was told that the hijab did not conform
to the Disney dress code, and that she could not wear the hijab while at work.
Disney did offer to come up with some type of hat, and the employee declined.
They then offered to find her a job elsewhere in the restaurant, but she
declined that as well, saying that “I don’t want to be shoved in the back
where no one can see me.”
For four days, she came to work wearing the hijab, and for four days
she was sent home without pay. On the fourth day, a crowd of about
50 Muslims showed up with her, protesting that she was being denied
her rights to Freedom of Religion, among others.
Never mind that Disney has had the same dress code in effect since 1957.
Which is, to project a clean, wholesome image to the millions of people
visiting Disney attractions each year.
I hope Disney stands tough on this issue. If they were to cave on this
issue, one can only imagine future issues. A female Muslim employee
wearing a burka. A skin head wearing a swastika. Eye, nose, and lip
piercings. Tshirts promoting drug use. The list is endless.
There is also the mosque issue in Manhattan. The Muslims could
build their new mosque in any number of sites in New York, but
seem determined to build near Ground Zero, to the horror and
discomfort of millions of Americans.
These are just two issues confronting the American people. But one
can anticipate a ground swell of future issues as the Muslims try to
force themselves and their customs upon American society.
American Muslims would have us to believe they are just like us, wanting
nothing more than to live in peace and to feed, clothe, and house their
families. If that’s truly their goal, then there’s an American term they
need to learn….it’s called ‘Assimilate.”
Freedom of Religion is not the trump card over all things. In this example
a business has the right to determine how they want their employees to dress.
Public perception is tantamount to the success of many, if not most, businesses
in America. To suggest that this woman’s desire to wear a hijab trumps a
dress code that has been successful for over 50 years, is asinine.
The small grocer down the street – an East Indian – makes and sells pizza.
One day I saw him making a ground beef pizza. I asked him, if beef wasn’t
contrary to his Hindu belief. His answer to me was “In India, I don’t sell
beef. But I am in America, and American people want beef. So I sell beef.
But I don’t eat it.”
Pay attention, Muslims!! If you want acceptance in America, you will need to
adapt to the American customs and cultures. Not the other way around.
On a personal note, I think there should be a moratorium on allowing any
more Muslims into America. We have enough problems to resolve without
having to deal with people who come here and decide they don’t like our
laws, customs, and cultures; and vow their intention to change us. Fooey
on that.
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Hambone…a simple Hell Yeah !! on your post…Obama sure helped the Muslim cause with his statements, that he did NOT have to make
1Squid I agree. Our President “It’s Obama time” who thinks Oprah and the View is more important than doing his job thinks we need his opinion on everything. WE DONT!!! ITS NOT NECCESSARY!!!!!!!!!!!
Hambone…right on with your post! Its not Muslim Mouse, its Mickey Mouse!!!
2Hey, I like that…..It’s not Muslim Mouse, it’s Mickey Mouse.
3I certainly support Disney’s right to set its employee’s dress code. Go Disney.
But while we are banning any more Muslims I’d like to also ban Hasdic Jews (just as bad as Muslims in oppression of women), evangelical Christians who support separation of the races (that’s you Bob Jones – I’d totally do Beyonce if she’d have me) and any Mormons who believe in polygamy which is really an excuse for pedophilia, and Catholics who were at all involved in covering up the priest pedophiles……..
4As soon as any of those other groups drive a plane into a building, kill 3000 people, then insist on building their worship place on top of the destruction, I will agree with you. Yes, not all Muslims are terrorists, but all the terrorists were Muslims.
5If I had but 5 minutes I could come up with a long list of the hundreds of thousand’s of people slaughtered in the name of each of those religions…….
6Yes I know sam, you can go all the way back to the crusdades if you wish….lets stick to now, where we are all supposed to be past savagery…some just havent made it yet!
7It’s not that it is the building of a mosque that pisses me off. If it were the building of any religious institution on that site. They should build a memorial for the thousands who died there and let that be the end of it. As far a Disney? You don’t see Jewish employee’s wearing a kippah? So why should any religion/ and or group be different. There is a reason for it. Unless they open religious diversity land where everyone fights all the time(good wholesome fun for the kids), get over it.
8Jason you make some good points. What you may not realize is a church that was destroyed in the attacks has not been allowed to rebuild. It was already there. It has the money. It just doesnt have permission. Now a mosque that is being built by an Imman who doesnt support America, will not condemn Hammas, who travels the world looking for money, and will take it from anyone…is allowed to build.
9Don’t forget that this iman took money from a saudi prince who also happens to be the second largest shareholder of NewsCorp, Fox News’ parent corp.
Is Fox news a terrorist cell?
10Its America right. We cant stop em from building…we cant stop em fron investing. I would say no to both.
11Jason does make some great points. The real tragedy is that 9 years on, we have no memorial. A national disgrace…..
12Hopefully that’s something we can all agree on.
13I say fire the b and send her packing. If she wants to start her on theme park and set her own dress codes, more power to her. She took the job and knew the dress code going in and should adhere to the code or go find another job!
14When I came to this country (USA) in 1971 I was advised by the British Consulate in London that we should not expect the Americans to conform to our British way of living but for us to conform to theirs, I think its true of any person wishing to live here. It was not a big transition for us except you all drive on the wrong side of the road.(think hard about that) other than that its much the same.When leaving the forces in England I went to work driving double decker busses for a while and the uniform with hat was mandantory, when they started to hire Pakistanis and Indians as conductors (who wore turbans for religous reasons,)they were exempt from wearing the mandantory hat, that caused a big stink with the other operators and the hat became optional for all.
15In England you see so much of this going on, it is detrimental to the people born and raisd in the UK. They the Muslims even have their own law courts now, what a mess. It is on its way to the USA.
As noted above, I support Disney. But let’s not get on some “bash the Muslims” bandwagon as the new scapegoat for all the ills we face. Must of the Muslims I know are just regular middle class Americans who work hard, are patriotic, and have the same worries and hopes and dreams as all of us. Not all terrorists are muslim (Timothy McVie anyone?).
Most of our problems we created. Runaway entitlement programs, not minding our own business, letting special interests (unions, AARP, Rx companies, etc) take control of govnt, addiction to foreign oil, etc. etc.
16I was wondering how long it would take you to bring up Timnothy McVay. Just remember, if you have any religous thoughts at all, he is burning in hell right now. So are the others.
17Sad Sam, I agree with you, to a point…..but you have to admit that radical Muslims are the biggest threat to democracy all over the world. Look at how they are taking hold of European countries. And the worst part is that you can’t tell a spade from a spade, because the Koran teaches it’s followers to operate under a blanket of deception. Hate the non-believers, but put on a face of friendliness. That flies in the face of every other major religion in the world, which teaches honesty and love and forgiveness and unity. Your friends that are Muslim are probably as you say; but I am reminded that Muslim terrorists came over to America and rented apartments and got driver’s licenses and made a number of friends, and then boarded four commercial planes, hijacked them, and then crashed them, killing thousands of innocent Americans. Many of those who had befriended the hijackers were stunned, as they had seemed so ‘nice and friendly’. That is why, until we can develop a means of determining the truly peaceful from terrorists operating under the guise of friendliness, we should
18stop the influx of Muslims into America.
“Radical” being the operative word. Your points are well taken. However when people start going nuts over a mosque expansion in Murfeesburro, Tn things are getting out of control. Osama Bin Asshole couldn’t be happier to see people protesting and vandalizing a mosque in Tn. Plays right into his hands for recruitment….
19Sam you know I respect (not always like) what you have to say, but I truly hate when people say we shouldnt do something because its just what the terrorists or whatever want. Screw that! If it shouldnt be done it shouldnt be done!! If the people of Tn don’t want a Mosque they sure as heck have the right to say so. Why is it suddenly so popular to spout the rights of Muslims, illegals, blah blah, but our own rights we arent supposed to use. Baloney!
20In this case, because of the First Amendment re: freedom of religion. They have the right to say they don’t want the Mosque, but they don’t have the right to prevent it anymore than the Muslims would have the right to prevent a Baptist Church….
21Sam, why are you answering something I didn’t say?
22Sad Sam, I respectfully disagree. This is not about Freedom of Religion. It’s about the placement of a building, and other concerns can be entered into the debate. For example, one U.S. Senator said he opposes the placement of the mosque because it represents a security risk; he said mosques are often used as a safe haven for terrorists to gather and plot terrorist activities. He sited the earlier bombing in New York as an example.
I’ve not heard anyone else mention this, so I must be way out in left field on this one, but I fear the mosque could be merely a ruse for radical Muslims to entrench themselves into
23the financial center of the free world. Twice radical Muslims have bombed Manhattan….why? Because it is the big prize…
disrupt the economies of the free world, and you strike a huge
blow for Allah, and against Satan. Imagine the implications of Manhattan being blown off the map. Ok, so what will this new building cost? A few million dollars? Wouldn’t that be a cheap price to plunge
the free world economies into chaos? And how could they do that? Why, construct a building in the center of Manhattan, where no one monitors what goes on inside, load it up with powerful bombs, catch the next flight out of town, and click
the remote. Boom. I know it seems far fetched, but it CAN happen just that way. So I say, why even take the chance.
Hambone, I watched a show about 9/11 on National Geographic. It made me angry how we allowed this to happen. No controls, people not using their head, and when the event happened, no cooperation between FAA and military. The only reason we didn’t have to rebuild the White House is because of the passengers who figured out they were doomed if they didn’t try to do something. We are complacent and you are right, we are allowing them footholds here in America to make it easier.
24TM: your question was: Why is it suddenly so popular to spout the rights of Muslims, illegals, blah blah, but our own rights we arent supposed to use.
Hambone: I was really talking about the Tenn Mosque. I think somewhere I’m on record as saying that they have the right to build the “ground zero” one, but it doesn’t mean they should. I think as a practical matter they should build somewhere else.
All: I’m not a secret Muslim, I just think that Freedom of Religion is one of the three greatest things that the Founders did (the others being three separate but equal branches of Govt, and Freedom of speech). All major countries have had serious religious strife at sometime in their history….except us.
25After reading all of the comments about muslims and their religion, all have merit, but we have to look at reallity, yes there are Muslims that are peaceful and caring as in all people. The Muslim thrust to take the world is on, peaceful or not. Their birthrate dictates that, They have a rate of seven to a family, USA and Canada have a rate of two so our culture will be surpassed in very few years. I come from a country that has already seen it happen. The Muslims will not conform to our way of life religion or not. My siters adapted son
26married a Muslim girl and they are accepted by the church they go to (Christian) Her parents will have nothing to do with them and did not attend the wedding and they are not allowed at any Muslim gathering. In areas of the city that Muslims live there are signs that white folk are not allowed after dark because of street violence. Is that what we want?
She knew the dress code when she accepted the job. If they won’t let her wear the Muslim symbol of woman’s lower status and subjugation at Disneyland, maybe the Muslims need to make their own theme park. That’s the American Way! After all, Dolly Parton wanted a more wholesome type of park with no alcohol and so she created Dollywood. Of course, I’m not sure how many Americans would go to a park named Six Flags over Islamabad, featuring rides like The Suicide Bomber Experience and World Trade Center Flyers’ Wild Ride, or play games like Whack-A-Jew and Stone the Infidel.
27Well said Mr President. It is odd how long it took her to decide she needed to follow her religon.
28I think she had a valid reason for waiting so long to “come out”.
29She became a U.S. citizen in June of this year. No doubt she wanted to make sure her citizenship was finalized before launching her protest and subsequent lawsuit. Given the way Muslim women are treated, one can legitimately question whether the idea was entirely hers, or whether Muslim leaders put her up to it.
I mean, Disney is the face of freedom to the world. Imagine
the coup it would be for the Muslims to be able to step in and force America’s great icon to adapt their rules to accommodate
sharia law. I think this issue is much greater than just a
disgruntled employee.
No doubt Hambone, no doubt at all. We are no where near the end of it either.
30I agree that we don’t need to change society in order to accommodate Muslims and that Disney can set their own dress code and fire anyone who doesn’t want to follow it.
On the other hand, we have to be careful when we start demanding that groups assimilate. I’m in favor of assimilation, but if we demand that Muslims assimilate, then we have to demand that the Amish assimilate, and then any other group who is a little different. Amish people don’t bother me. I don’t care if they want to drive around in horse-drawn carts and wear beards.
A free country means the freedom to be left alone.
31Mr Brice, I totally agree with you. I would only add that I dont think assimilating means you have to change everything about you, but on the other hand, you have to be willing to get along and accept that you may have to adapt certain ways. It certainly doesn’t mean you should be telling your new country that they have to change. Have you heard any Amish insisting we run the country under Amish law? Thanks for the comment. Hope to see you again.
32Mr. Brice, I agree with what you have said, in general, but I just wanted to point out that the Amish, to a great degree, have
33assimilated into our society. I could give you several examples, but will mention only this one: hundreds, if not thousands of
Amish work in the RV trade in Indiana, building motor homes and campers, etc. They walk or ride their bicycles to work. In the shop, they wear safety equipment required by OHSA, and operate
electrical powered machinery. On occasion, they have shaved their beards when deemed unsafe for the job they performed. At lunchtime, it is not unusual to see them in McDonalds. I saw
one Amish man talking on a cell phone while his wife and children were climbing out of a buggy next to where I was parked. The man and I began to converse, and I mentioned that I was a bit shocked to see him talking on a cell phone, and he replied that he ran a carpentry business, and the phone was a
necessity. So, as the Twisted Muser mentioned in his reply, the Amish have assimilated, to a point. They still flit about in their horse and buggy, farm the fields with horse and plow, and their wives don’t enjoy washing machines or vacuum cleaners or dishwashers, and their children don’t watch cartoons on tv or play video games, but they have recognized that to succeed in putting food on the table they needed to adapt to the work place, and not the other way around. Thank you for your comment.
Hambone, I actually just spent a few days in PA Amish country and you are right except they actually can have appliances, they just cant use electricity, so they have learned to adapt them to propane gas and compressed air. Pretty cool. They cant have electricity because it opens them up to outside influences because they can have tv’s and computers if they had electricity. FYI a lot of them are also very wealthy. They invest in businesses for their children to keep them from leaving because everyone cannot and does not want to be a farmer. There are many amish businesses up there that are not farms. I was impressed, but not ready to make that switch!
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