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In reply to the discussion: Muslim staff can discriminate based on their religious beliefs. [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)who work in enterprises that may be involved in some things that many employees don't participate in and may not approve of - but are still part of the enterprise's source of income. Marks and Spencer's are not being forced to do anything. If for example a business is open on Saturday's - but a number of Seventh Day Adventist or for that matter Ultra-Orthodox Jews work there - and it is possible to accommodate the needs of the business by asking those who don't approve of working on Saturdays to work on Sunday's instead when others might prefer to have that day off rather than Saturday - why not? I cannot imagine why this is even a story except for the sake of a crude attempt to further some xenophobic notion about Sharia Law taking over while Europe sleeps.