Connecticut: Roller Rink Submits To Sharia

From Creeping Sharia:

Connecticut roller rink submits to sharia


Posted on November 26, 2010 by creeping

Rules, and laws, for Americans, and rules and laws for Muslims living in America. Is this not sharia? Where does it end? Muslim woman claims she was not allowed to roller skate in scarf – NYPOST.com.



A Muslim woman claims that a Connecticut roller-skating rink discriminated against her because it wouldn’t allow her to skate in her headscarf.



Marisol Rodriguez-Colon, 40, said she was “mortified” when she and another female relative showed up for a niece’s birthday party at the Ron-A-Roll rink in Vernon and were barred at the door.



The venue’s rules, posted at the entrance, read: “No Hats. No Headwear. No Exceptions.”



Colon said her religious hijab shouldn’t count under that policy — and tried to appeal to a rink manager.



“We wear this for religious reasons,” Colon said. “But they didn’t want to hear that.”



The manager, Colon said, gave the women two choices: take off the headscarves, or wear a helmet over them.



Taking off the hijabs was “not an option,” Colon told WTIC-TV in Hartford.



She said she has worn the traditional headscarf for 16 years and has it on “wherever I go.”



She and the other relative went back to their car and missed the party.



“I wear this with pride,” Colon said. “I was mortified — by asking someone to wear a helmet you are actually ostracizing us.



“You are singling us out and showing everyone there is an issue — that something is wrong with these two women.”



Ron-A-Roll management issued a statement spelling out its “no headwear” policy. It said helmets are offered for safety purposes.



“You are not allowed — you are not welcome here. That is what that says to me,” Colon said of the statement.



She said she was insulted that the rink would deny entrance to people “because of what they believe and what they are wearing because of those beliefs.”



The Council on American-Islamic Relations said yesterday it filed a complaint with Connecticut’s Human Rights Commission.



Several years ago, University of Albany student Zahra Shah was barred from wearing her headscarf at an upstate New York roller rink.



That arena, citing insurance reasons, also banned headwear.



An employee at the time told Shah that other skaters could trip and get hurt if the hijab fell off.



When Shah explained that she wore the scarf for religious reasons, one rink employee told her it was like a cowboy “religiously” wearing a cowboy hat.



After a barrage of phone calls from activist groups and others, the rink management apologized and said Shah could skate with her headscarf.



Activist groups like CAIR – whom a federal judge has confirmed is a front group for the terrorist group Hamas? That kind of activist group? Converts backed by the Muslim Mafia implementing the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to perfection. Contact the rink at the link above