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| Teacher at Muslim school 'was asked if she was a virgin' |
| 2006-09-07 |
| An Islamic convert was questioned about her virginity when she accepted a teaching job at a Muslim faith school, an employment tribunal was told yesterday. Monique Buckner, 33, said that Hojjat Ramzy, 52, the owner of the Iqra School in Oxford asked her embarrassing questions about her sex life. She told the tribunal in a statement: “In the office one day after school, Mr Ramzy told me that if he were younger, he would marry me. This disgusted me as I considered Mr Ramzy to be a pious Muslim whom I trusted and respected.” Ms Buckner had converted to Islam after meeting Mr Ramzy on numerous occasions at a religious stall he ran in the city. She told him her work permit as a teacher was about to expire, after which he offered her a job at the school, which has 75 pupils. She claimed she was paid £20 a day while other teachers received at least £10 an hour. However Arthur James, for the school, said that Ms Buckner was only ever employed as a volunteer, which she denies. After complaints, her pay went up by £60 a day but a week later her hours were cut amid claims of complaints from pupils. “In this way, he forced me out of my job, as I could not survive on five hour’s worth of work per week.” Ms Buckner claims that she was discriminated against because of her nationality under the Race Relations Act. The tribunal was adjourned. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #13 On the flip side, its good that at least somebody is trying to require that muslims obey the same laws as everyone else. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-09-07 11:52 |
| #12 Amen swampy! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-09-07 10:45 |
| #11 What Swamp Lady said in #7 to the 10th power. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-09-07 08:50 |
| #10 This is what it's all about. They want our women. |
| Posted by: Snesing Glomoting5887 2006-09-07 08:32 |
| #9 She asked to join the culture after 9/11, Madrid, London, Bali, Beslan. Also you can bet that she didn't join sufism or ahmadaism: when you see a convert you can bet that wahat she joined after 9/11, Madrid, Beslan, London or Bali was wahabism or similar terrorist friendly branches of Islam. That tells all about her. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-09-07 08:27 |
| #8 You think that Islam is so farking great, fine. Take the good (can't think of any, help me here, sweetheart) along with the bad (pretty much all of it), and STFU. nice and swampy Blondie! thanks for givin her the best 2 cents ever! :-) |
| Posted by: Tuco 2006-09-07 06:34 |
| #7 Convert to Islam, and you should have to give up ALL your rights as a Western woman, accepting only those given under Shariah or enforceable in an Islamic court. That means no bitching about your pay rate or whining about some guy inquiring about your "honor", Miss Buckner. No spitting on what other women have suffered for to achieve and then claiming benefits from their struggles. You think that Islam is so farking great, fine. Take the good (can't think of any, help me here, sweetheart) along with the bad (pretty much all of it), and STFU. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-09-07 05:34 |
| #6 Even if she was a virgin, she'd still get only 1/72nd of a man's pay rate. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-07 03:10 |
| #5 She asked to join the culture after 9/11, Madrid, London, Bali, Beslan. As much as all of these bother me, I think Beslan bothers me the most. In all cases children were killed, but in this case they were used as a tool in the most heartless and calculating way possible. Calculating included long term planning that involved extended conversations and contemplations about maximizing the deaths and suffering of children over an obviously protracted planning period, not to mention those left behind. Yeah, really makes the enlightened masses want to run down to be first in line to convert tomorrow morning. Just like Ms. Buckner. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-07 03:00 |
| #4 She asked to join the culture. She asked to join the culture after 9/11, Madrid, London, Bali, Beslan. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-09-07 02:41 |
| #3 Zero sympathy. She asked to join the culture. Well, there you go. Enjoy. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-07 02:14 |
| #2 Buckner seems to have all the attributes of a stupid cow. I think there is more to the story... “In the office one day after school, Mr Ramzy told me that if he were younger, he would marry me. This disgusted me as I considered Mr Ramzy to be a pious Muslim whom I trusted and respected.” She apparently considered him a monk, trasnposing her idea influenced by christianity that pious = monkish into Islam--which means she converted with not much thought. Hell, he could rape her and according to Islam be still pious about it. |
| Posted by: zazz 2006-09-07 01:12 |
| #1 This should probably be on page 3. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2006-09-07 00:48 |