Beard that causes laughter now causes lawsuit
PC Javid Iqbal
Here’s my beard. Ain’t it wierd? Don’t be sceered, Just a beard.
Muslim PC sues after workmates ‘laughed at his beard’
He is taking the Bedfordshire force to an employment tribunal claiming he is the victim of racial and religious discrimination and unfair dismissal. The claims will add to concern about institutional racism in police forces. An employment tribunal in London recently heard evidence that an ‘apartheid culture’ was operated at Belgravia police station, with separate vans for white and black. […]He says the first racist incident came in early 2006. He claims he was in a van with seven PCs and three ‘tutor’ constables – including one other Muslim – which stopped for food at a shop which did not sell halal products. When he asked if they were stopping anywhere else, he was told: ‘This is it.’ One officer allegedly mimicked his accent and pretended to have a beard similar to his in an ‘ offensive’ incident.
NOTE: Just wait until he decides to henna it.
VIA: The Sheik
That’s some beard; if I went into my work with a thing like that on my face I’d have the urine extracted from me all day and all night. Why is this bloke special? Oh right, he thinks Mohammad flew about the sky on a horse, and split the moon in two with his pinkie. Throw money at him! It’s discrimination!
The Frozen North
Nick:
Exactly. Some things are in humn nature, and I’m afraid government cannot legislate for them, no matter how good its intentions.
People like this man must think everyday here is Christmas, if it’s not too religiously offensive to use that analogy!