Written by Janet
Okay, we have muslim doctors here, and they don’t wear headscarves….so why should they be allowed?
A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn’t wear her headscarf while working.
Dr. Hena Zaki of Plano said Friday that she was shocked when CareNow officials told her in person and later by e-mail that a no-hat policy extended to her hijab. Zaki had been on a tour of an Allen CareNow clinic two weeks ago when she said the regional medical director told her he didn’t want her to be surprised about the policy during orientation.
Zaki wants an apology and a change in CareNow’s policies to accommodate expressions of religious belief — “whether it be a turban or facial hair.”
Miller said CareNow makes exceptions for people who want religious accommodations all the time and that Zaki is welcome to apply for a position with the company.
In a statement issued earlier, CareNow, a Coppell-based operator of 22 clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion or national origin when making employment decisions.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations wrote CareNow this week on Zaki’s behalf pointing out the law requires employers to make reasonable religious accommodations for employees. The Washington-based advocacy group explained to the company that like many Muslim women, Zaki covers her head as a sign of modesty and religious belief.
CareNow has not responded to CAIR’s letter.
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/ 11/02/2009~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A suburban Dallas medical clinic has apologized to a Muslim doctor for telling her during a job interview that she would not be allowed to wear her headscarf while at work.
Dr. Hena Zaki of Plano said Friday that she was shocked when officials at CareNow, which operates 22 clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, told her in person and later by e-mail that a no-hat policy extended to her hijab.
Zaki had been on a tour of a CareNow clinic in Allen, Texas, two weeks ago when she said the regional medical director told her he didn’t want her to be surprised about the policy during orientation.
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/ 07/17/2010Damian Green says burka ban would be ‘un-British’
Banning the wearing of the Islamic full veil in public would be “un-British”, the immigration minister has said.
Damian Green told the Sunday Telegraph trying to pass such a law would be at odds with the UK’s “tolerant and mutually respectful society”.
It comes after Tory MP Philip Hollobone introduced a private members’ bill which would make it illegal for people to cover their faces in public.
Last week French MPs voted to ban the wearing of burkas in public.
The bill, which was overwhelming approved by France’s lower house of parliament, must now be ratified by the Senate in September to become law. If it is passed, it will be illegal to wear garments such as the niqab or burka, which incorporate a full-face veil, anywhere in public.
But Mr Green said such a move was “very unlikely” to be copied in the UK.
“Telling people what they can and can’t wear, if they’re just walking down the street, is a rather un-British thing to do,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.
“We’re a tolerant and mutually respectful society.”
‘Aggressively secular’
The minister said there were occasions when it was important to be able to see someone’s face, but insisted that “it’s very unlikely and it would be undesirable for the British Parliament to try and pass a law dictating what people wore”.
Mr Green said that, unlike France, the UK was not “aggressively secular”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10674973