Jobs for the ploys

17 June 2008

Since the news that a muslim that had applied to be interviewed for a job as a hair stylist cum model didn’t get the job (because she was unable to do it and lived too far away) and then took the prospective employer to a tribunal for “religious discimination” and was awarded Â£4,000, I’ve been trying to think of other jobs that muslims, by virtue of the injunctions of their chosen religion, are unable to perform but can still apply for and then take the employer through a similar legal minefield when they’re found to be unsuitable for the post.

Here are some other suggestions for muslims:

food taster at Pork Farms
fruit machine engineer
loan arranger
whisky quality control
sex worker
porn actor
gossip columnist
bikini model
spy
tobacco farmer
tattoo artist
cosmetic dentist
bingo caller
nightclub compere
off-licence retailer
male model
beautician
croupier
wig maker
sculptor
exotic dancer
movie critic
masseuse

You only have to suffer the very vaguest of “hurt feelings” and there’s no usury involved whatsoever. Easy money! Just remember to initially ask for a ridiculous payout first though, as they tend to haggle you down to something more reasonable.

I wonder if I should see if I can get a job as an imam…

/hattip The Freethinker

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Stewart Paterson on June 17th, 2008 4:11 pm

Nice one.

I figure just plain simple “vet” would be tricky for a fundie Muslim to carry out. Dogs are unclean, as well as the obvious pigs. Plus owls and all the other good stuff listed in Leviticus.

Lifeguard?
Barry Duke on June 17th, 2008 8:23 pm

Musician, certainly. I recently heard that there is not a single Muslim in any UK music college.
And then there’s:
* A bouncer at a gay nightclub
* A sex toy manufacturer
* A Motoon cartoonist
* An art gallery guard
* A supermarket check-out person, required to pass bacon and booze over the scanner
* A male swimming instructor in a class for women (and vice versa)
* A dog walker/trainer
* A Turkish Delight taster (TD is is apparently forbidden as it contains haram ingredients)
* A waiter in a licensed restaurant
nullifidian on June 17th, 2008 8:53 pm

@Stewart: yes, dogs are considered unclean, but they’re only proscribed as pets. Working dogs (herders, hunters, war dogs) are considered ~~kosher~~ halal (although still stinky).

@Barry: yeah, I think I could have gone on and on, but my job (that I managed to acquire by being able and willing to do it) got in the way. ;-) Is there much of a career as a Motoon cartoonist? :-)
Barry Duke on June 18th, 2008 4:50 pm

Is there much of a career as a Motoon cartoonist? :-)
If Muslims keep on behaving like prats, a whole new genre of cartooning could develop.
PhillyChief on June 21st, 2008 2:39 pm

Well they can’t make for proper cab drivers either, since they won’t pick up the blind who have seeing eye dogs and certainly will have reservations against picking up certain types of people. This has already been exhibited in NYC, only I’m surprised they haven’t sued anyone for the right to be religious assholes. I guess in America there’s a lot of religious deference, as long as you’re the RIGHT religion, otherwise, piss off.