"Special" swimming times for Muslims in UK public swimming pools

"erilar" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
wrote:

Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
On 8 Dec 2006 15:30:13 -0800, "PJ O'Donovan"
wrote:

Croydon Mosque states quite unequivocally: 'Muslims are not
allowed
to show off intimate parts of their body. This is non-negotiable.
Muslims have as much right to go swimming as anyone else.'

They have just as much right to force Islamic values on the British
as
the British have of forcing it on Iraqis etc.

They aren't forcing Islamic values on anyone, though, much less doing
so with tanks and cruise missiles.

What about suicide bombers, IEDs, etc?

I haven't heard of bombers or IEDs in swimming pools.

erilar wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
On 8 Dec 2006 15:30:13 -0800, "PJ O'Donovan" wrote:

Croydon Mosque states quite unequivocally: 'Muslims are not allowed
to show off intimate parts of their body. This is non-negotiable.
Muslims have as much right to go swimming as anyone else.'

They have just as much right to force Islamic values on the British as
the British have of forcing it on Iraqis etc.

They aren't forcing Islamic values on anyone, though, much less doing
so with tanks and cruise missiles.

What about suicide bombers, IEDs, etc?

In Croydon swiming pool? I must have missed that.

B;

David Gee wrote:
"erilar" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
wrote:

Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
On 8 Dec 2006 15:30:13 -0800, "PJ O'Donovan"
wrote:

Croydon Mosque states quite unequivocally: 'Muslims are not
allowed
to show off intimate parts of their body. This is non-negotiable.
Muslims have as much right to go swimming as anyone else.'

They have just as much right to force Islamic values on the British
as
the British have of forcing it on Iraqis etc.

They aren't forcing Islamic values on anyone, though, much less doing
so with tanks and cruise missiles.

What about suicide bombers, IEDs, etc?

I haven't heard of bombers or IEDs in swimming pools.

Darn! Beaten to the punch :-)

B;

David Johnston wrote:
No. The point of having a specific swim time for Muslim women is so
that they can strip down freely. The original poster was being
misleading.

Doesn't having a "specific swim time for Muslim women" violate laws
against religious and gender discrimination (*), even in Britain? I
know that the Seattle law, if challenged, would almost certainly be
struck down as unconstitutional in American courts for that reason.

- Jordan

(*) What if a non-Muslim woman wants to swim at that time? What if a
man does? The person would under that law be denied access to a public
facility on account of faith or gender -- and "separate but equal" was
explicitly struck down by the US courts as far back as the 1950's.

Jordan wrote:
David Johnston wrote:
No. The point of having a specific swim time for Muslim women is so
that they can strip down freely. The original poster was being
misleading.

Doesn't having a "specific swim time for Muslim women" violate laws
against religious and gender discrimination (*), even in Britain? I
know that the Seattle law, if challenged, would almost certainly be
struck down as unconstitutional in American courts for that reason.

Yeah?

http://www.healthclubdirectory.com/h...menOnlySection

Mark Addinall.


- Jordan

(*) What if a non-Muslim woman wants to swim at that time? What if a
man does? The person would under that law be denied access to a public
facility on account of faith or gender -- and "separate but equal" was
explicitly struck down by the US courts as far back as the 1950's.

David Moss wrote:
In article om,
writes...

Croydon Council has made provision for Muslim women outside its normal
opening hours, and the Shari'a dress code is to be covered from the
neck down to the ankle. Have you ever tried swimming wrapped in a
sheet?

I have swum in overalls. Its not that hard really.

And I. Done a few laps in Greens as well!

Do you have a point in posting this stuff?

Muslims are BAD...

Usual crap David.

Mark.


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"Addinall" wrote in message
ups.com...

David Moss wrote:
In article om,
writes...

Croydon Council has made provision for Muslim women outside its normal
opening hours, and the Shari'a dress code is to be covered from the
neck down to the ankle. Have you ever tried swimming wrapped in a
sheet?

I have swum in overalls. Its not that hard really.

And I. Done a few laps in Greens as well!

Do you have a point in posting this stuff?

Muslims are BAD...

Usual crap David.

It is bad when they demand special treatment because they are Muslim.
It is compounded when the PC brigade agree with them.

jb wrote:
"Addinall" wrote in message
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David Moss wrote:
In article om,
writes...

Croydon Council has made provision for Muslim women outside its normal
opening hours, and the Shari'a dress code is to be covered from the
neck down to the ankle. Have you ever tried swimming wrapped in a
sheet?

I have swum in overalls. Its not that hard really.

And I. Done a few laps in Greens as well!

Do you have a point in posting this stuff?

Muslims are BAD...

Usual crap David.

It is bad when they demand special treatment because they are Muslim.

Why?

It is compounded when the PC brigade agree with them.

Who are the PC Brigade?

Mark Addinall.

"Addinall" wrote in message
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jb wrote:
"Addinall" wrote in message
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David Moss wrote:
In article om,
writes...

Croydon Council has made provision for Muslim women outside its
normal
opening hours, and the Shari'a dress code is to be covered from
the
neck down to the ankle. Have you ever tried swimming wrapped in a
sheet?

I have swum in overalls. Its not that hard really.

And I. Done a few laps in Greens as well!

Do you have a point in posting this stuff?

Muslims are BAD...

Usual crap David.

It is bad when they demand special treatment because they are Muslim.

Why?

Wrong answer!
You are the one making the assertation that special times for Moslem women
are A OK, you therefore have to make your case that special treatment for
Moslems is correct.

It is compounded when the PC brigade agree with them.

Who are the PC Brigade?

The people such as yourself who appear to be saying the Moslems are a
special case.

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ps.com...
Who the **** is this dick O'Donovan? Is he mentally ill? Listen,
sunshine, **** off and take your bigoted crap somewhere else, OK?

Killfile him and be done with him and 'yes' he is mentally ill.