Muslims on a plane #3
And a new contraversy: Muslims in a Gym! Its so good it gets 2 headlines!!!
Muslim woman cites gym after interrupted prayer
Dearborn resident says her complaint to Fitness USA manager about patron went unheeded.
DEARBORN -- Fitness USA, a gym chain, is investigating an alleged civil rights violation involving a local Muslim woman who says her afternoon prayer was interrupted by a fellow patron, and that her complaint to management about the situation was rejected.
"The manager told me, 'You have to respect her (the patron), but she does not have to respect your God." said Wardeh Sultan of Dearborn. "I've had my membership for seven or eight years, and I've never had a problem with praying there.
"I told that manager, 'I can't believe you said that" Sultan said. "Honestly, I feel humiliated and I feel ashamed, right now, to go back to Fitness USA."
Local representatives of Fitness USA, which operates branches throughout Metro Detroit and in two other states, referred all inquiries regarding the matter to their corporate offices.
"We will, as we will with any complaint involving our staff and a member, be doing a full and thorough investigation of the matter and take any appropriate action we need to take," said Jodi Berry, executive director of Fitness USA. "We want every member to get a good exercise experience every time they come to the club."
Berry said she learned of the complaint on Monday.
The allegations are among a series of recent complaints by Muslims who say they are free to practice their religion in the United States, until someone tells them they cannot. Recently, the same Fitness USA facility enacted a new dress code to allow Muslim women to wear more modest clothing, in compliance with some Islamic practices.
Detroit News.com
Selected talkback from LGF:
Sandy P: "Why did she schedule her trip to the gym to coincide w/her prayers?"
Cognito : "I'm going to take a wild guess that this woman wasn't praying quietly, alone, in a corner of the women's locker room."
idigscotch&scotchburiesme: "Good grief, who goes to a gym to pray?"
paint-right : "yeah , it is becoming offensive because jews and christians don't make a big holy show of themselves praying.
Occasional Reader""Interrupted"? What the hell does that mean? Someone shoved her and screamed "death to Muslims", or someone said "excuse me, are you using this machine"?
carridine : When Muslims APPEAR TO WORSHIP MY DEATH, and the DEATH OF ALL/ANY OTHER Americans, Westerners, Baha'is, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, children, homosexuals, mentally handicapped, physically crippled, women who study, men who teach women OR girls,then all the above have a God-given RIGHT to protect themselves from any and all who seek to practice their 'religion'!
I couldn't agree more.
