Incident at amusement park involving muslims

[Sweetdeath]

So, this happened in New York today at the Ride playland amusement park.

After celebrating Ramadan,    group of muslims  decided to go to park, but when muslim women refused to remove their headscarves, it got ugly.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wild-scene-erupts-at-playland-police-arrest-15-in-dispute-over-muslim-hijab/

This is not first time it happened.:
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/family-sees-mother-strangled-by-hijab-in-freak-gokarting-accident-20100408-rvci.html#ixzz1WZUDZQWH

So I think the police did waaaay over react, I feel as if this was a safety issue, and it's not fair to conpromise safety for religious beliefs.




Edit: hnnn.. Perhaps I should of posted this in Religion?

[Recusant]

Sure, one could say that the police over-reacted, but that's how they respond when things get physical, in pretty much every situation. Their training tells them that when somebody struggles physically, they must maintain the upper hand, and a strong uncompromising response is the one sure way to do that. So I see it as standard policing practice at least from a US perspective. The park rent-a-cops seem to have started the physical stuff, which certainly isn't to their credit, but then the real police showed up, and they aren't supposed to mess around when there is a physical struggle going on.

The park rules make sense, and it sounds as if the organizers of the outing didn't take them into account, so in my opinion the blame for this can be laid to those organizers and the security staff at the park, but not the police.

[Sweetdeath]

,Agreed good sir!
I also don't blame the police. I  do kinda want to start a new thread or wishef I posted this in religion section.

I think it's utterly absurb for muslims to not wish to remove their headscarves.  This has been a big ptoblem in Australia where women drivers/passengers do not wish to remove them at police highway checkpoints.

Fuck that. I'm sorry, but too bad. Like stevil once said, you wanna live in a certain society, you gotta abide by the rules.

Apparently the tout group was told before hand that all head gear, including hats and scarves could not be worn on the rides for safety reasons.

[DeterminedJuliet]

Interesting article, but all of the bigoted comments at the bottom make me shutter.

[Whitney]

wishef I posted this in religion section.

it is moved now.

[Evilbeagle]

Well I'm still confused about this.

In the UK, it is law that you MUST wear a crash helmet when riding a motor cycle
but if you are a Sikh wearing a turban you can be excused.

This seems to be at odds with the headscarf problem.

Surely there should be one policy and EVERYBODY sticks to it, no matter what.

[Sweetdeath]

wished I posted this in religion section.

it is moved now.

Thanks, Whitney! You're so attentive.

[Too Few Lions]

This is not first time it happened.:
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/family-sees-mother-strangled-by-hijab-in-freak-gokarting-accident-20100408-rvci.html#ixzz1WZUDZQWH

I hope that poor woman made it into the shortlist for the Darwin awards that year!
You're right though, headscarves could clearly be a safety risk, and I imagine in the US the amusement park owners are also shit scared of being sued should anything untoward happen as a result of headscarves being worn

[Sweetdeath]

Surely there should be one policy and EVERYBODY sticks to it, no matter what.

Exactly. Catering to some religious beliefs and making exceptions is wrong.  I'm tired of muslims getting offended .
A job wouldn't allow them to take breaks just to pray either. *rolls eyes*

[Too Few Lions]

me thinks we should invent a religion that allows us to do and wear whatever we want, and claim religious discrimination whenever anyone tries to stop us...

[Ihateyoumike]

me thinks we should invent a religion that allows us to do and wear whatever we want, and claim religious discrimination whenever anyone tries to stop us...

I'm for it. Especially since there's good money in starting a religion.

[Sweetdeath]

me thinks we should invent a religion that allows us to do and wear whatever we want, and claim religious discrimination whenever anyone tries to stop us...

I'm for it. Especially since there's good money in starting a religion.

This is true. XD
I'll sue if I can't wear my unicorn horn!

[iSok]

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?77005-News-muslim-sisters-banned-from-amusement-park-ride

"The more islamophobic westerners get, the more stupid muslims become."

Pretty much all I would say.

[Sweetdeath]

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?77005-News-muslim-sisters-banned-from-amusement-park-ride

"The more islamophobic westerners get, the more stupid muslims become."

Pretty much all I would say.

Ooookay. >>
Why link to another forum?

[Medusa]

I hate Muzlims.


Now I feel like part of this group.