Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

Most Muslim's would probably go ahead and put it through the checkout anyway, this will just be M&S covering their backs in case anyone tries to make a few quid out of them in court in the future.

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

so we should really worry about the ones that wont ;)

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

Can you only be muslim if you are not white ??

I add no idea that religious beliefs are based on your colour

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

M&S will reverse this idea once they start to lose money.

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

You can be a Muslim if you're not white, yes. I'm white and I'm a Muslim.

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

Only on your census form Gary.

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I'd do the same

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

Are non Islam folk going to get a pay rise for having to do the extra work?

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

You couldn't describe them as being human and from this planet though, that's if the owner even considered it. I wonder if his shops sell witches outfits at Halloween?

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I don't think I'd be happy to spend all that time queuing only to be refused, there may well be a scene

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

So how are customers meant to know which checkouts are operated by Muslims ? I'm sorry i'm usually quite tolerant of these types of ideas but this one is the most stupid idea in the history of stupid ideas .It will actually encourage racism and bigotry

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

You never know. that might be the idea.

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

thin end of the wedge.

Theoretically could a catholic refuse to sell condoms, if M&S sell condoms that is.

And all the other religious exemptions that there are out there.

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

I can't stand any type of religion, especially the type that gets in the way of me having a bloody good Christmas! :D

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

If this is a sign of the insanity of the people running M&S, then its no wonder its going downhill financially. Complete muppets.

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

Same here

Re: M&S tells Muslim staff they CAN refuse to serve customers buying alcohol or pork
 

Well they operate shops which means we can all easily show our view on this by taking our custom elsewhere plenty of cheaper alternatives. Personally I think if you apply for a job at a shop or supermarket you shouldn't get to pick or choose the aspect of the job you will or won't do and anything that might affect your ability to serve the public gets left at the door start of your shift. Has to be remembered of course that so far this is a managerial dictate we don't know if any Islamic staff have made an issue out of this. If this is a sign of things to come though this country is in even bigger trouble then many of us thought it already was.