Muslim Marks & Spencer staff told they can refuse to sell alcohol and pork...

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@phoenixdesi

well well…M&S bowing down to pressure from fundamentalist Islamists?

this is a dangerous trend … i actually think this is horrendous…jews, hindus, sikhs, Buddhists everyone’s got some religious implications…where will it stop? tomorrow hindus and Buddhists will say they cannot sell meat products…

If you object to serving alchol, pork or any other retail item you should change your job.

Muslim Marks and Spencer staff told they can refuse to sell alcohol and pork to customers - Mirror Online

Marks & Spencer has told Muslim staff they can refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork.
The policy was revealed after customers who were trying to buy alcohol from a Muslim shop assistant in London were told they’d have to use another till.
The company’s decision has highlighted a split in the supermarket giants over religious staff and whether they should be excused from certain jobs and shifts.
At M&S, Muslim staff can politely ask customers buying alcohol or pork to choose another till.
The move is in stark contrast to that at Sainsbury’s where guidelines state that there is no religious reasons why they can’t handle the goods.
Meanwhile Tesco said it would treat each case on its merits and Asda claimed it wouldn’t ask Muslims to work the tills if they objected to handling alcohol.
The customer who was refused to be sold alcohol told the Telegraph: “I had one bottle of champagne, and the lady, who was wearing a headscarf, was very apologetic but said she could not serve me.
"She told me to wait until another member of staff was available.
“I was taken aback. I was a bit surprised. I’ve never come across that before.”
A spokesman for M&S said: “We recognise that some of our employees practise religions that restrict the food or drink they can handle, or that mean they cannot work at certain times.
“M&S promotes an environment free from discrimination and so, where specific requests are made, we will always make reasonable adjustments to accommodate them, whilst ensuring high levels of customer service.”
The spokesman said that their policy would be applied to other religions, including Christians who did not want to work Sunday’s and Jews who choose not to work Saturdays.

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i know many muslims living in Germany not working at places where they’ve to deal with Alcohol and Pork or women have to remove the head scarf … although some of them opt to work at such places but it’s up to them individually