Louisiana police ask Muslim to leave Subway because the manager is scared of him

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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[Harsh_77 718]

it's his claim and also the police officers said that the owner was 'scared' of him. are you saying that the owner was scared because he used the bathroom?

The officer does not say employee asked for the religion, officer only says employee was scared of him... the whole article was written only from one side was the point.

Every coin has two sides we do not know the story of the Subway employee.

Also the article is kinda mis-leading - from article it seems when employee locked the door the guys wife was still in bathroom.... hmmm so employee was not allowing this guy to enter the store coz of religion but was ok to have his wife in the bathroom?

[decocker 7,198]

The officer does not say employee asked for the religion, officer only says employee was scared of him... the whole article was written only from one side was the point.

Every coin has two sides we do not know the story of the Subway employee.

so what evidence do you have that this man was lying? he's not seeking penalty, only an apology.

we do know parts of the story of the subway employee, they were scared and locked the man out of the restaurant..

[sandinista! 1,816]

You are correct. I am sorry... I got the two of you mixed up in the haze!

Aww, if you're going to get me mixed up with anyone else, I'm just glad it's with someone as fly and funky fresh as WoM.

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hey, those people (white chicks married to arab guys) all look alike anyway. not your fault.

Full on guffawed here, in public. Bwahaha!

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Could it be this?

The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.

No, it doesn't. There is a hell of a lot more war and killing in the Bible, particularly the Torah.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Thanks, but all I need to know about any Muslim was written in the Koran.

Which you obviously know nothing about, among so many other things you know nothing about, including the Bible.

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This is the United States, a nation of laws.

If you'd rather let the Quran guide your actions, may I suggest a move to Saudi Arabia? It's very nice this time of year.

Saudis don't know ####### about the Qur'an either.

[OriZ 3,157]

That is Sandanista who is the nurse. But yes, we have been through scads of security checks, including Israeli checks - my husband had to be cleared by Shabak as well as Homeland Security.

Which he was, according to your timeline rather quickly...I was actually impressed that no one was trying to be mean just for the sake of being mean or taking a long time or anything.

On the other topic, obviously no one should be descriminated against cause of color, race or religion. So that was a bad call to turn him away for being Muslim...if he was gonna cause trouble he wouldn't have stood there and replied to their questions he would have just ran when they asked him so obviously he wasn't. The bathroom thing well that's different.

On the topic of religion - I'm in the group that doesn't believe in organized religion. I'm not an atheist, I believe in god, so does my wife, but neither of us - her being catholic and me being Jewish just take for granted everything written in the old testament, new testament or the koran. We like to ask alot of questions...and as far as we're concerned and no offence to anyone religious here - if we don't have proof who wrote the bible then it could have been two people wanting to make fun of people thousands of years in the future going 'wouldn't it be funny if they actually believe this?'...who knows who wrote it. I know it's supposed to just be all about faith and that's what she was told by her priest once when she started asking questions...you're just supposed to believe...well we don't work that way. So God yes...religion no...makes life alot easier when you're two different religions, to not believe in a certain specific god...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Which he was, according to your timeline rather quickly...I was actually impressed that no one was trying to be mean just for the sake of being mean or taking a long time or anything.

Our processing went really smoothly and (relatively) quickly, thanks to God. But getting into Jerusalem for his interview was no picnic. As usual, the Israeli police refused to issue a tasree7 and my husband was turned away at every checkpoint into the city. We were quite worried he would not be able to make it. He finally found an unsecured area and walked into East Jerusalem on foot... as you probably know this can be extremely dangerous... it ended up taking him about 7-8 hours to make it into Jerusalem from Ramallah, only some 15 miles away.

Edited December 2, 2012 by wife_of_mahmoud

[OriZ 3,157]

Our processing went really smoothly and (relatively) quickly, thanks to God. But getting into Jerusalem for his interview was no picnic. As usual, the Israeli police refused to issue a tasree7 and my husband was turned away at every checkpoint into the city. We were quite worried he would not be able to make it. He finally found an unsecured area and walked into East Jerusalem on foot... as you probably know this can be extremely dangerous... it ended up taking him about 7-8 hours to make it into Jerusalem from Ramallah, only some 15 miles away.

Well that sucks. What was their reasoning? Being he had an interview invitation...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Well that sucks. What was their reasoning? Being he had an interview invitation...

Yes he showed them the letter from the Consulate stating his interview date. But the soldiers would not allow him to pass without the tasree7.

For those who didn't know, the tasree7 is a special travel permit for Palestinians issued by the Israeli police. It's usually good for one specific day between specific hours, which allows a Palestinian to cross checkpoints to travel outside their village or town for a specific purpose. They are extremely difficult, almost impossible to get. When my husband went to the Israeli police station near his town to request it in advance of his interview, they told him to come back the next day. Every day for 10 days they told him this - come back tomorrow. Then finally after wasting his time all those days, they just laughed and said no, they weren't giving out any tasree7s.

[OriZ 3,157]

Yes he showed them the letter from the Consulate stating his interview date. But the soldiers would not allow him to pass without the tasree7.

For those who didn't know, the tasree7 is a special travel permit for Palestinians issued by the Israeli police. It's usually good for one specific day between specific hours, which allows a Palestinian to cross checkpoints to travel outside their village or town for a specific purpose. They are extremely difficult, almost impossible to get. When my husband went to the Israeli police station near his town to request it in advance of his interview, they told him to come back the next day. Every day for 10 days they told him this - come back tomorrow. Then finally after wasting his time all those days, they just laughed and said no, they weren't giving out any tasree7s.

Was it a police station or a DCO? Did they say why they're not giving it?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Was it a police station or a DCO? Did they say why they're not giving it?

It was the DCL in Jenin ("District Coordination Liaison Office") and the reason eventually given was simply: "we're not giving them out."

Have you served in the IDF in the West Bank ? I could tell you many interesting stories...

[OriZ 3,157]

It was the DCL in Jenin ("District Coordination Liaison Office") and the reason eventually given was simply: "we're not giving them out."

Have you served in the IDF in the West Bank ? I could tell you many interesting stories...

Well I wonder how they want to deal with the Americans in that case. I'm sure if your husband would have found a way to inform the consulate about it they would not have been happy.

I personally have not served in the west bank(except for two weeks of guarding near Nablus) but I've got some friends who did. Also, my dad who is now a retired reservist used to serve all over the place(Sinai, Gaza, West bank, you name it), I still remember him coming back home one time when I was a kid from I believe it was Gaza with some dates and hummus he was given there lol...some people actually do get and got along, the people who gave him that actually respected him and he respected them. My brother(who has now turned into a pacifict and avoids his reserve duty) has served in Gaza as well. I've heard some stories, some good, some bad, on both sides as I have some Palestinian friends too. I'm always open to hearing more though.

I've got a couple funny stories to share too...like the one when we were on vacation in Turkey, back in the days when relations between the two countries were much better, and my brother was out in a nightclub there one night and was asked what he was doing, he told them he was a tank commander in the army...the next morning when he told my parents about it well they weren't too happy about it but back then nobody made a big deal out of it, the terms were friendly enough...today I wouldn't go to Turkey and say that unless I had a deathwish. Also, during the two weeks guarding duty I had, I was coming down the stairs from the post and this guy was raking some leaves and stuff like that on the floor, it got quite windy so they blew at me...he started apologizing like a million times and saying(with an Arabic accent) "sorry soldier"...I just said no problem and kept walking but I was walking thinking to myself how terrified he must have been to apologize so many times and if he was thinking I was like gonna shoot him or something

So there's good people on both sides of the conflict and good stories and bad stories and good times and bad times.

Edited December 3, 2012 by OriZ

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I've got a couple funny stories to share too...like the one when we were on vacation in Turkey, back in the days when relations between the two countries were much better, and my brother was out in a nightclub there one night and was asked what he was doing, he told them he was a tank commander in the army...the next morning when he told my parents about it well they weren't too happy about it but back then nobody made a big deal out of it, the terms were friendly enough...today I wouldn't go to Turkey and say that unless I had a deathwish.

Dude. That's not a funny story.

[OriZ 3,157]

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Dude. That's not a funny story.

It's funny being nothing happened....