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If an Employer Believes In Sharia Law

Should an employer be allowed to impose Sharia Law on their employees?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 16.7%
  • No

    Votes: 34 70.8%
  • Other

    Votes: 6 12.5%

  • Total voters
    48

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If an employer believes in Sharia Law should they be allowed to impose Sharia law on its employees?
 
the whole body of sharia law?..... no.... just as employers cannot impose the whole body of Canon law against it's employees.

if you want to get into specifics, they are some things that are allowable, though
 
If an employer believes in Sharia Law should they be allowed to impose Sharia law on its employees?

In what country? In the USA, people choose where they want to work, unless something changed. Don't want to work for Muslims? Don't take the job.
 
Like what?

welll.... maybe certain companies not paying for certain birth control measures?...i hear we had a court case recently on that very matter.

I don't know what Sharia law says about birth control, admittedly.. and i don't really care either...I'm not going to waste my time doing the OP's job.
 
Thinking of the rabid Conservatives celebrating the Hobby Lobby 'victory'....



and what are you thinking in regards to rabid liberals getting butthurt over that decision?... got any off topic video to reflect your views on that?
 
Like what?

Hmm. How about only allowing employees to expense Halal meats when traveling - because the owners do not want to promote non-halal foods.

How about requiring five prayer breaks per day - no working allowed, you dont have to participate, but you have to hang up the phone and stop serving customers when the call to prayer sounds - irregardless of you closing a deal to get commission or bonus.

What about refusing to pay for health care unless you get it at a sex-segregated clinic? Or have the care performed by a physician of the same sex?

I can think of tons of examples.
 
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If an employer believes in Sharia Law should they be allowed to impose Sharia law on its employees?
The Supreme Court ruling protecting the religious rights of employers does not mean employers can impose Sharia law on its employees. Get over it.
 
First off, sharia law is an oxymoron. Sharia = law in arabic. That's what the word means.

Secondly, no, because sharia also means that you cut off peoples' hands for stealing. It is not just a law affecting whether or not a certain medication is dispensed, it also dictates that you're going to behave in a certain way towards yourself and others. Not to mention that if you're a non-muslim, you'll be killed should you offend the muslim store owner. You must accept your role as a dhimmi.
 
Hmm. How about only allowing employees to expense Halal meats when traveling - because the owners do not want to promote non-halal foods.

How about requiring five prayer breaks per day - no working allowed, you dont have to participate, but you have to hang up the phone and stop serving customers when the call to prayer sounds - irregardless of you closing a deal to get commission or bonus.

What about refusing to pay for health care unless you get it at a sex-segregated clinic? Or have the care performed by a physician of the same sex?

I can think of tons of examples.

And someone who objects to all of that would be forced to work there? Not in this country. It's not different than if your employer says you are not allowed to have facial hair. If you want a beard, you don't work there.

Do people think that all of a sudden every workplace in this country is going to turn into a radical religious free for all?

I've never seen so much paranoia and hysteria on any non-consequential matter for almost all of us in years.
 
The Supreme Court ruling protecting the religious rights of employers does not mean employers can impose Sharia law on its employees. Get over it.

If an employee does not believe in Sharia Law and its beliefs or certain parts why couldnt that employee be fired or certain benefits not given to them?
 
The hysteria continues! I didn't know employers were allowed to make laws in the first place, let alone sharia law.
 
If an employer believes in Sharia Law should they be allowed to impose Sharia law on its employees?

According to the recent S.Ct. decision, a legal argument could be made for that, since the company can't be forced to expend any $ for anything that goes against its owner's religious beliefs. Paying women equally, paying for birth control, providing equal benefits to female employees, paying for ins. that provides any medical procedure that sharia law frowns on, etc.
 
If an employer believes in Sharia Law should they be allowed to impose Sharia law on its employees?

They cannot be forced to violate Sharia law unless the state can show a clear and compelling need that cannot be met with less invasive means.
 
The hysteria continues! I didn't know employers were allowed to make laws in the first place, let alone sharia law.

Sharia Law is a religious belief. Its a moral code.
 
And someone who objects to all of that would be forced to work there? Not in this country. It's not different than if your employer says you are not allowed to have facial hair. If you want a beard, you don't work there.

Do people think that all of a sudden every workplace in this country is going to turn into a radical religious free for all?

I've never seen so much paranoia and hysteria on any non-consequential matter for almost all of us in years.

Hobby Lobby isn't forced to buy abortifacients for other people!



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Seriously, of all the stupid things people have responded to in my time watching forums, the notion that not giving someone something that violates your religion somehow magically equals banning them from having it has to be one of the most idiotic arguments I've seen seriously, widely advanced by the partisans of either side. This is the equivalent of the Conservatives who claim that any time a public school decides not to have a public prayer that Christians are being persecuted.
 
If an employer believes in Sharia Law should they be allowed to impose Sharia law on its employees?

No.

Should an employer that believes in Sharia Law be mandated to provide pork to its employees?

Answer carefully, because if you say no, then people will have to purchase pork with their own money!!! OMFG, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! :scared:
 
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And someone who objects to all of that would be forced to work there? Not in this country. It's not different than if your employer says you are not allowed to have facial hair. If you want a beard, you don't work there.

Do people think that all of a sudden every workplace in this country is going to turn into a radical religious free for all?

I've never seen so much paranoia and hysteria on any non-consequential matter for almost all of us in years.


Personally, I;m pretty cool with the HL decision. Its nice to see evangelicals in a minority position these days.

But I find it funny that the people who are screaming loudest about religious liberties would absolutely go ape**** if a case regarding a muslim owned company refusing to reimburse non-halal meats for traveling employees reached SCOTUS.
 
Personally, I;m pretty cool with the HL decision. Its nice to see evangelicals in a minority position these days.

But I find it funny that the people who are screaming loudest about religious liberties would absolutely go ape**** if a case regarding a muslim owned company refusing to reimburse non-halal meats for traveling employees reached SCOTUS.

I don't see this case as really being about religious liberty at the end of the day (even though that was the point of law being discussed). The bigger issue is whether an employer can really be mandated to cater to the panoply of potential personal needs of its employees.
 
They cannot be forced to violate Sharia law unless the state can show a clear and compelling need that cannot be met with less invasive means.

Well, gosh... forcing people to go to non sex segregated clinics (which dont exist in the US) would be forcing them to voilate religious beliefs.

Forcing Jehovahs witnesses to pay for blood transfusions comes to mind. Forcing Christian Scientists to get ANY health insurance is an issue too, no?
 
Well, gosh... forcing people to go to non sex segregated clinics (which dont exist in the US) would be forcing them to voilate religious beliefs.

That is untrue. However, forcing Christian Scientists (for example) to cover elective surgery for adults might be.

Forcing Jehovahs witnesses to pay for blood transfusions comes to mind. Forcing Christian Scientists to get ANY health insurance is an issue too, no?

Where the State can demonstrate a clear and compelling need that cannot be met with less invasive means. For example, the State has the right to intervene and use force to deliver medical aid that can be demonstrated to be needed to the children of Christian Scientists, despite their objections - because the state has a clear and compelling interest in protecting the lives of its citizens.
 
Personally, I;m pretty cool with the HL decision. Its nice to see evangelicals in a minority position these days.

But I find it funny that the people who are screaming loudest about religious liberties would absolutely go ape**** if a case regarding a muslim owned company refusing to reimburse non-halal meats for traveling employees reached SCOTUS.

I don't think I'm aware of anyone who would go ape**** over that. In fact my current employer does restrict what I can and cannot get reimbursed for in my meals when I travel on business.
 
Well, gosh... forcing people to go to non sex segregated clinics (which dont exist in the US) would be forcing them to voilate religious beliefs.

Forcing Jehovahs witnesses to pay for blood transfusions comes to mind. Forcing Christian Scientists to get ANY health insurance is an issue too, no?

Yes indeed! You can't force employers to pay for all these various personal needs of its employees. They will gladly sabotage all your best intentions when you try to force your political opinions onto their business contracts. Require contracts to include consideration. Wages alone are sufficient to satisfy this condition.

Employers do not buy your labor in exchange for meeting all your needs. They buy your labor for a specified rate of pay, and you can use that pay to figure out how to meet your own needs. Or you can squander it. You can do whatever you want with it.
 
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