Connecticut: Roller Rink Defends Its Policy On Headgear After Muslim Woman Complains

From Jihad Watch:

Connecticut roller rink defends its policy on headscarves after Muslim woman complains


This incident is yet another attempt to force American businesses to adapt to Sharia mores. Non-Muslims must always change their behavior to accommodate Muslims; it's never the other way around.



An update on this story. "Connecticut Roller Rink Defends Policy on Headscarves After Muslim Woman Complains," by Edmund DeMarche for FoxNews.com, November 24:



A roller skating rink in Connecticut is standing behind its decision to ask a Muslim woman to remove her headscarf because it could present a danger to skaters if it fell off.

Marisol Rodriguez-Colon was set to attend her 4-year-old niece's birthday party at Ron-A-Roll but apparently didn't make it very far past the check-in counter before she was stopped by a rink employee, who offered her two options: remove her headscarf or wear a helmet over it.



Rodriguez-Colon said she felt "mortified" when an employee at a rink asked her to wear a helmet on top of her religious headscarf, or hijab.



But Jennifer Conde, the operations manager at the Ron-A-Roll, said the rink's main priority is the safety of its patrons.



"We are not insensitive to people's religion," she said. "We just focus on safety."



In a statement to FoxNews.com, Ron-A-Roll said it has a policy that prohibits headwear to be worn in the building. Safety helmets are offered to those that are unable to remove headwear for any reason, because they are secured with a chin strap....



Ron-A-Roll's meticulous attention to details, in this case, is troubling to Mongi Dhaouadi, the executive director of the Connecticut office for the Council on American-Islamic Relations[.]





Even Fox makes no mention of the fact that CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case. CAIR operatives have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several of its former officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. Two of its other officials have made Islamic supremacist statements. CAIR also was involved in the Flying Imams' intimidation suit against the passengers who reported their suspicious behavior.



Dhaouadi said the rink has all but turned a deaf ear when he asked to talk about the matter.

"These were two women who were not allowed in because they wore this headscarf," he said. "They had absolutely no intention to skate."...





Then why did they want to come in? Just to provoke this confrontation?

Posted by Robert on November 25, 2010 6:08 PM