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Originally Posted by BLACKBURN RAVER
wouldnt know, as i said i dont follow religion, but if i did and i worked in a shop, i would do what i was paid to do and serve them the products they wanted regardless of my faith and beleifs or theirs for that matter !!
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I dont know what i'd do to be honest. The problem wouldn't have caused that much of an issue really. It'd be much worse if for example a jehovas witness doctor refused to give anyone a blood transfusion ust because of their own beliefs! Same problems occur when catholic nurses/doctors refuse abortions and stuff like that. This is very trivial and its hardly going to become a widescale problem. I think its only being made such a big deal of because it was a muslim girl to be truthful.
So many white people are racist and have problems with foreigners to the point of it being close to xenophobia yet its never in the media, only when we feel the person is playing the race card and then it looks bad on the victim still. Infact the only thing i can ever recall us caring about in regards to race hate from whites and that was when prince harry wore the nazi costume, and that was more likely due to the fact he was a royal, not the costume.
The media is just loads of scandal and lies most of the time. I dont think it matters if she refused to touch the book or not, the main point is is that if she refused to because of her religious beliefs, she did it out of respect for a religion native to our own country, not her own, and I think its nice that she could show that kind of respect even if it caused a problem.
I've also found that it seems they cant touch the quran or read it whilst they are menstruating, perhaps this is what she meant...