Muslim Chef Refused to Cook Pork

[BoredAgnostic]

A MUSLIM catering manager in Britain refused to cook sausages and bacon because he feared he would be splashed with pork fat, he told an industrial tribunal overnight, alleging religious discrimination.


Its haram to be splashed/come in contact with pork fat?


I could understand cooking/serving pork would be haram since you would be technically helping the customer sin.

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

The guy seems to have suffered a raw deal, and I think he can fairly claim discrimination against his employers. Muslims don't want to work with pork, everyone knows that and it shouldn't be a big deal. If he's in a kitchen where there's pork being prepared and he doesn't want to be a part of it for a reason that he believes is very important, then his employers should get him to chop vegetables or something instead - simple.

It's worth pointing out, though, that since his grievance is with the employers at Heathrow airport, not the Police, the fact that he menioned this at the Police interview is probably irrelevant.

Peace

 

[north_malaysian]

maybe he should find a job as a chef in the Gulf or Malaysia...

 

[Muezzin]

Discrimination is where some people are treated differently to other people.

If all employees in the area are asked to cook pork there is no discrimination.

Rather, he is asking to be discriminated against. He is asking to be treated differently to other people.-

Because having a human resources manager make racist gestures at you is completely acceptable and not discrimination in any way.

Anyway, under British law, this treatment does constitute discrimination. It's good that Mr Khoja is employed elsewhere now.

Now the question is whether his feelins for pork were written in his contract or was it a mere courtesy by his former managers. Even if this isn't the case he can still win it though, but he shouldn't have filed it under reilgious discrimination.

He filed it under 'racial discrimination, religious discrimination and unlawful deduction of wages'.

I see your point, but it's just the way it works - if you're going to sue someone, you might as well sue under every possible head, so that you're more likely to be compensated under at least one of those heads.

I am neutral on this one...

If I was asked to cook pork I would resign and find another job.

And this is the elephant in the room.

 

[Suomipoika]

Greetings,

The guy seems to have suffered a raw deal, and I think he can fairly claim discrimination against his employers. Muslims don't want to work with pork, everyone knows that and it shouldn't be a big deal. If he's in a kitchen where there's pork being prepared and he doesn't want to be a part of it for a reason that he believes is very important, then his employers should get him to chop vegetables or something instead - simple.

It's worth pointing out, though, that since his grievance is with the employers at Heathrow airport, not the Police, the fact that he menioned this at the Police interview is probably irrelevant.

Peace

Muslims grow/sell (and probably even cook) piqs for tourist consuption in some muslim countries. There are plenty of restaurants and pizzerias owned/operated by immigrants from muslim countries that serve pork. Im not entirely sure it is quite that clear that muslims wont touch piqs/pork.

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With the age racism that is going on along with the racism against muslims, the fact that this catering company hired and didn't fire almost a 60-year-old muslim that later proved to be unqualified for his management job but instead offered him something else speaks volumes about them.

The article leaves too much unclear to really know if he was discriminated. Why did he accept the transfer to Heathrow, what was said about his post in there to him before he transferred and should it even be mandatory for the company to say something about him having to work against his religious code if he isn't smart enough to ask it? Does the company have to know what possible moral/religious objections workers have working in certain kinds of enviroments or tasks?

Something Im also wondering, what's the difference between racist and offensive gesture?

 

[Sampharo]

Muslims grow/sell (and probably even cook) piqs for tourist consuption in some muslim countries. There are plenty of restaurants and pizzerias owned/operated by immigrants from muslim countries that serve pork. Im not entirely sure it is quite that clear that muslims wont touch piqs/pork.

Yes, but they SHOULDN'T. Those who raise and handle pigs, sell and cook pork are non-practicing muslims, and that does not automatically make it ok for all other muslims.

However I do honestly agree with you that it seems very fishy for his employers to be "racist and discriminating" when they provided and kept providing a job to a 60 year old who claimed he can handle a computer but couldn't and was instead offered a lower position. I also agree with the brothers that he should have just left the job and found a new one. Heathrew airport is not going to go Halal or Kosher in spite of itself just because of the chef. Additionally what is the deal with 6 months stress related sick-leave?!?!?! If any of the employees who work with me comes to claim for a time like that for "stress", they better be having a new heart for it AND a bionic arm along with it.