A Muslim woman has left her job in Sweden after being told she must shake hands with her male colleagues.
Fardous El-Sakka had been working as a supply teacher for Kunskapsskolan, a group of independent schools in Helsingborg, since August.
The 20-year-old had chosen not to shake hands with her male colleagues and instead preferred to put her hand on her heart and bow as a greeting.
But when one of her male colleagues took offence, Ms Sakka was ordered to go to a meeting with the principal and told she must conform to the institution’s "core values " if she wanted to remain working there.
Helsingborg Kunskapsskolan principal Lidijia Münchmeyer told Swedish newspaper
Expressen that the man in question felt “tremendously discriminated against”.
She said: “The school doesn’t differentiate between people or treat them differently. That’s what we advocate from our students, so the staff also have to do that.”
But Ms Sakka, who stopped working at the school immediately, drew the case to the attention of the Equality Ombudsman. As a member of the Unionen teaching union, her case was subsequently referred to them instead.
Ms Sakka told The Local it was the first time anyone had ever objected to her not shaking their hand and said she did not think she would be able to return.
She said: “It’s a special school for me because I was a student there. But I don’t think I can see a way back there now.”
In a statement reported by The Local , Ms Münchmeyer stressed that the school did not fire Ms Sakka and that she “chose to leave after I explained what the school’s core values are”.
“I would also like to carefully point out that the issue was not her religious beliefs, but rather it is about choosing to treat men and women differently by shaking the hands of women but not men”, she added.
The incident comes just months after a Swedish city councillor was forced to resign after refusing to shake hands with a female journalist due to his religious beliefs.
Green Party politician Yasri Khan said shaking hands with someone from the opposite sex was too “intimate” and instead chose to put his hand over his heart.
The affair prompted a race row in Sweden where Mr Khan dismissed his critics as
“Islamophobic” and his detractors said his behaviour was insulting to women.
The Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven, even waded into the debate saying that in Sweden, “you shake hands with both women and men”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/muslim-woman-leaves-job-after-being-told-to-shake-hands-with-male-colleagues-a7324591.html

This is it! Never compromise your beliefs!!

Altho this is also wrong;

and bow as a greeting.

Honestly, I think there's a lot of hypocrisy with the western countries. They are always quick to claim they are the ones championing the cause for freedom of expression but yet they are forcing people to disregard their faith and conform with their secular principles. And after, they'll label us Muslims as being intolerant. Double standard!

What happened to freedom of expression
why the double standard.


Almight Allah will surely provide a befitting job for you

They are hypocrites.If they are truly "champion" of freedom of expression, she should never have been threatened with her job. She has freedom not to shake anyone's hand. She needs to get civil right attorney and file a lawsuit against those SOB.

They are miserable people. The dude could say he developed rash after shaking her hand. They just wanted to frustrate her. That's all. My advice is, she should file suit against the dude himself and the company. Reading this article makes me think like is it alright too for a muslim to take offence with a woman in bikini or improper dress at work or at school and ask her to leave? smh