*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUNKIN' DONUTS FRANCHISEE WELCOMES BACK MUSLIM WORKER SENT HOME BECAUSE OF HIJAB (WASHINGTON, DC - 12/24/97) CAIR announced today that Watermark Donut Company, a franchisee for Dunkin' Donuts, Inc., will welcome back a Muslim worker in Boston allegedly sent home for refusing to remove her religiously-mandated head scarf. In discussions with CAIR, officials from Dunkin' Donuts and Watermark agreed that the worker will be allowed to wear a head scarf that is consistent with health and safety requirements and will be offered compensation for time missed. This compensation will go directly to the Muslim worker, or alternatively, will take the form of a donation to a local Islamic institution. Watermark officials also restated their company's commitment to diversity in the workplace, and outlined some of the religious accommodations already offered to Muslim workers. Muslim employees, who make up 40 percent of Watermark's workforce, are currently allowed: 1) flexible scheduling for the upcoming month-long fast of Ramadan, 2) time off for Islamic religious holidays, 3) time and space to offer daily prayers on site as permitted by customer needs, and 4) time to attend weekly prayers on Fridays. "We appreciate the existing religious accommodations offered to Muslim employees and are encouraged by Watermark's willingness to work out the issue of the head scarf," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "The fact that such a high percentage of company employees are Muslim indicates the value placed on their contributions to the organization's success," said Hooper. Dunkin' Donuts franchises more than 4,000 bakery product outlets in 43 states and 20 countries. Countries with Dunkin' Donuts outlets include Malaysia, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWSPAPER APOLOGIZES FOR OFFENSIVE CARTOON A Canadian newspaper, The Gazette in Montreal, has apologized for an editorial cartoon that drew criticism from many in the North American Muslim community. The cartoon by Terry Mosher ("Aislin") showed a snarling dog wearing a stereotypical "Arab" headdress. The headline read, "In the Name of Islamic Extremism." A subheading reads, "With our Apologies to Dogs Everywhere." (The cartoon may be viewed at http://www.cair-net.org/presses/cartoon.jpg) Following complaints from CAIR and from Muslims in the U.S. and Canada, the newspaper's editor-in-chief issued the following apology to readers on December 13: "...The cartoon, depicting a savage dog in Arab head dress, was a commentary on a terrorist act in which more than 60 tourists were murdered in Egypt...Unintentionally, the religious and ethnic references in the cartoon have caused insult to many members of the Muslim and Arab communities. For that, we are sincerely sorry." In addition the newspaper's editorial board met with local Muslim representatives and agreed to the following points: Publication of articles by local Muslim representatives. (As part of the agreement, an article entitled "An Attack on All of Islam" was published on December 13th.) To include a Muslim on The Gazette editorial board of contributors. Sensitivity training sessions on Islam. Better coverage of the local Muslim community and of Islam. Better communication and consultation between The Gazette and local Muslim representatives. The newspaper also indicated its willingness to hire capable Muslim reporters as the opportunity presents itself. Other Muslim community representatives met with The Gazette in order to seek a stronger form of apology. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Melanggan ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body : SUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Berhenti ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body: UNSUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Segala pendapat yang dikemukakan tidak menggambarkan ) ( pandangan rasmi & bukan tanggungjawab HIZBI-Net ) ( Bermasalah? Sila hubungi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pengirim: "Ali Zulfakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>