Geee Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Townhall:Jonah Goldberg is astonished by this story, calling it "beyond batty." Cosigned:Safoorah Khan had taught middle school math for only nine months in this tiny Chicago suburb when she made an unusual request. She wanted three weeks off for a pilgrimage to Mecca.The school district, faced with losing its only math lab instructor during the critical end-of-semester marking period, said no. Khan, a devout Muslim, resigned and made the trip anyway.Justice Department lawyers examined the same set of facts and reached a different conclusion: that the school district’s decision amounted to outright discrimination against Khan. They filed an unusual lawsuit, accusing the district of violating her civil rights by forcing her to choose between her job and her faith.As the case moves forward in federal court in Chicago, it has triggered debate over whether the Justice Department was following a purely legal path or whether suing on Khan’s behalf was part of a broader Obama administration campaign to reach out to Muslims.Wait isn't the Islamic hajj only required once in a lifetime? It sure is, but Khan says she couldn't wait:Khan, 29, who grew up in North Carolina and Arkansas, was happy in the job, said her lawyer, Kamran A. Memon. But she longed to make the hajj, one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith, which Muslims are obligated to do once. It would not have fallen on her summer break for about nine years.“This was the first year she was financially able to do it,” Memon said. “It’s her religious belief that a Muslim must go for hajj quickly . . . that it’s a sin to delay.” Khan declined to comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Geee Eric Holder to the rescue! This is the one truism about Obama's administration, you can continually say "just when you think you've seen it all" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 One of the American Republic's "Death by a thousand cuts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evad Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Paging The Kenyan. One of Your People is not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Paging The Kenyan. One of Your People is not happy. The Peep's of Barry Hussein-O......are also the Peep's of Eric Holder![PBUT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 My head hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I think other religions need to up the ante then. They need to get out in front of this in their recruitment efforts with yearly required pilgrimages to a select list of destinations, a few key holidays during March madness, 2 week mandatory Christmas break. And it would be a violation of faith if you are not paid for these activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I think other religions need to up the ante then. They need to get out in front of this in their recruitment efforts with yearly required pilgrimages to a select list of destinations, a few key holidays during March madness, 2 week mandatory Christmas break. And it would be a violation of faith if you are not paid for these activities. Don't forget the opening day of Baseball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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