Comments on: Hairdresser sued for veiled woman

By: david k

david k — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:40:13 +0000

This topic is now over a year old (I just stumbled onto this today), but what if this woman applied for a job at a nightclub where the women are all scantily dressed, and she refused to wear anything other than Muslim clothing. Would she have a case there too? Where should the line be drawn? I am a guy, and maybe it’s different for women, but if a woman had her head covered, I wouldn’t mind her cutting my hair. So maybe that’s why this case was a little tricky. I am assuming the judge was a man? I can see that if a woman wants to have some special styling done to her hair, and she had to choose among a number of hairdressers at a salon, she’d probably pick a stylist she can identify with, and that would probably not be the girl with the hair covering. I hope the woman that lost this case was able to raise the money by now to pay the judgement. I didn’t see anything about this on the internet.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:44:16 +0000

Ah, the all encompassing charge of racism. Except that Islam is not a race, so how exactly is Miss Noah being discriminated against?

She’s made herself look as unattractive as possible so why would anyone want to emulate her? They call it a beauty shop for a reason.

By: Al Hutton

Al Hutton — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:30:20 +0000

I think it is dispicable that she thinks she can get away with this.

It is obvious that any employee would have to meet job requirements and I would never dream of going to a hairdressing firm whose workers do not show their hairstyles.

On top of this, she is attempting to ruin someone’s career and life, while using ‘racism’ as her reason. This monatary perversion paints a terrible and unfair picture on British living Muslim’s today.

By: fi

fi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:21:34 +0000

Ugh.
Sad to see recently that this did eventually make it to court.
I think she is clearly out to make a buck off the salon owner by attempting to abuse the justice system.
Making ridiculous claims of discrimination in a case like this belittles the real thing.
I hope she realises what damage she’s doing in her pathetic little get-rich-quick attempt.
She wasn’t turned down because of her religion, but her choice of clothing. It’s her choice, and she chose the headscarf over the job.

Aside from the reasoning that hair should be uncovered to advertise the taste and skill of those at the salon,
the purpose of the hijab is modesty – not wearing it is immodest. I for one would be uncomfortable getting my hair cut by someone who clearly thinks uncovered hair in public is immodest and distasteful, just as I would be uncomfortable if my waiter in a steakhouse was wearing a “meat-is-murder” tshirt (perhaps an object just as important to his personal beliefs as a muslim woman’s scarf is to her’s)

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:26:50 +0000

It’s a joke!

She doesn’t HAVE to wear it, but she chooses to wear it. It’s unfair!

If I had a company, and someone was not willing to dress in the right way for the job, they would not get the job. The fact that she is not willing to meet in the middle ground means she is the one who is stopping herself from getting a job in a salon.

I think she needs to choose another job type if she is that stubborn.

Maybe she doesn’t really want to work and wants to try and get some easy money!

I hope she loses!