Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

[showkot]

Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

http://www.expatica.com/actual/artic...story_id=35223

AMSTERDAM — A Utrecht school wants to sack a female Muslim teacher who refused to shake hands with men.

The Vader Rijn College has sent the teacher a letter of dismissal, breaching an advisory ruling urging against the teacher’s sacking.

The teacher had earlier been suspended after she refused to shake hands with men last summer.

The woman citied religious beliefs for her decision, despite the fact she had previously shaken hands with men.

The director of the vocational VMBO school said the Islamic teacher gave a bad example to students.

The Equal Treatment Commission recently issued an advisory ruling granting the teacher the right to refuse a hand shake.

It said the Utrecht school should not sack her for this reason alone.

Comment:

If refusing to shake hands with the opposite sex means that Muslims give a bad example to students then does that mean that we have to participate in Christmas celebrations, go to parties and free-mix, dance and drink alcohol?

Europe is supposed to be a place where people come fleeing persecution because of its history of tollerance and a place where u can practice your religion and express alternative ideas and opinions without fear.

But in recent years Europe is on its way to becoming a place where only the Secular viewpoint is tollerated and any view based upon religion and especially Islam is clamped down upon.

So we see that the western civilisation is in conflict, not with Islam but with its own philosophy, what is Secularism and what is the implementation of it?

Should this woman be sacked or should she not be sacked? This is the dilemma the Secularists are facing as can be seen from the article.

[SindSagar]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

@showkot

Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

http://www.expatica.com/actual/artic...story_id=35223

AMSTERDAM — A Utrecht school wants to sack a female Muslim teacher who refused to shake hands with men.

The Vader Rijn College has sent the teacher a letter of dismissal, breaching an advisory ruling urging against the teacher’s sacking.

The teacher had earlier been suspended after she refused to shake hands with men last summer.

The woman citied religious beliefs for her decision, despite the fact she had previously shaken hands with men.

The director of the vocational VMBO school said the Islamic teacher gave a bad example to students.

The Equal Treatment Commission recently issued an advisory ruling granting the teacher the right to refuse a hand shake.

It said the Utrecht school should not sack her for this reason alone.

Comment:

If refusing to shake hands with the opposite sex means that Muslims give a bad example to students then does that mean that we have to participate in Christmas celebrations, go to parties and free-mix, dance and drink alcohol?

Europe is supposed to be a place where people come fleeing persecution because of its history of tollerance and a place where u can practice your religion and express alternative ideas and opinions without fear.

But in recent years Europe is on its way to becoming a place where only the Secular viewpoint is tollerated and any view based upon religion and especially Islam is clamped down upon.

So we see that the western civilisation is in conflict, not with Islam but with its own philosophy, what is Secularism and what is the implementation of it?

Should this woman be sacked or should she not be sacked? This is the dilemma the Secularists are facing as can be seen from the article.

***People have been behind bars in Gauntanamo just because they look like someone who can be dangerous, without their families knowing where they are, paranoia can be real bad no matter how civilized you become! ***

[Light_Bearer]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

What a bunch of stupids.

[Sara516]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

If shes consistent with the shaking hands rule, fine..
And since when did shaking hands become equivalent to dancing and alcohol

[Cheegum]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

^ It is not equivalent . But if they cannot tolerate something as simple as her refusal to shake hands, who knows what theyre gonna do on her refuse to drink socially?

In north american corporate office culture men are not supposed to extend their hands to shake hands with women. Its always the women who have to initiate a handshake. If women please they can extend their hand and then its up to the guy to shake hands or not. But if a woman doesnt feel like shaking hands then theres no force.

Personally i'd never shake hands with any white men myself. Sorry i'm being racist but everytime ive seen someone walk out of a urinal without washing their hands it has been a white person. After 10-15 times, it just cannot be coincidence.

[system]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

This teacher is an idiot... She is in a western country and she insists on following a cultural practice that is comeptely alien to her choosen country. Somethings obviously you cant compramise on, but Shaking hands! Thats just stupidity.

[Captain1]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

@showkot

The teacher had earlier been suspended after she refused to shake hands with men last summer.

The woman citied religious beliefs for her decision, despite the fact she had previously shaken hands with men.

any timelines of these two? why she shook hands with men before and now refusing?

[Sara516]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

In north american corporate office culture men are not supposed to extend their hands to shake hands with women.

Really? Is that only with coworkers, or does it apply to interviwes, meeting wiht boss eetc?

[Cheegum]

Re: Netherlands: Islamic teacher sacked over hand shake

Everything, especially interviews, boss etc.