Here we go again. This story especially irritates me because I happen to love bacon and sausage and Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. I’d love to ask this Muslim shop owner if he serves bagels or are those too Jewish for him, but I digress. From FOXNews.com:
LOS ANGELES — A discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee who was not allowed to renew his contract with the chain because of a refusal to sell pork products can proceed, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The decision reversed an Illinois federal court judge’s 2004 ruling that rejected Walid Elkhatib’s argument that Dunkin’ Donuts discriminated against him based on his race by making the sale of breakfast sandwiches with bacon, ham or sausage a mandatory part of his franchise agreement.
Um..excuse me? Race? Since when do all Arabs not eat pork?
According to court papers, Elkhatib, a Palestinian Arab, has been a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee since 1979, before the company began selling any pork.
Once breakfast sandwiches were introduced in 1984, Elkhatib’s Chicago-area Dunkin’ Donuts outlets sold them without bacon, ham or sausage for nearly 20 years. The company did not object, even providing him with a sign that said “Meat Products Not Available.”
In 2002, however, Elkhatib was told he would not be able to relocate a store or renew his franchisee agreements due to his failure to carry the full product line.
Elkhatib sued Dunkin’ Donuts and its former parent company, Allied Domecq, later that year, claiming that the chain’s refusal to renew his franchises constituted racial discrimination.
In an opinion Tuesday, U.S. Circuit Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner wrote that because three other Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees in the area were allowed to continue operating without selling breakfast sandwiches for reasons other than the owners’ religious views such as space or lease restrictions, that there was sufficient evidence to take the suit to trial.
“There is significant evidence that the carrying of breakfast sandwiches was not an issue of importance to Dunkin Donuts. It allowed other franchises in the area to refuse to carry any breakfast sandwiches at all, when merely relocating the stores, or in one case merely rearranging the displays, would have allowed them to carry the full line,” Rovner wrote.
She added that “there is no evidence that there was any change in corporate policy, or even regional policy, on the matter.”
A Dunkin’ Donuts spokeswoman said she could not comment on pending litigation. Elkhatib could immediately be reached for comment.
Dunkin’ Donuts is a unit of Dunkin’ Brands, which is owned by private equity firms Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee partners.
Whether or not any of this is of “importance” to Dunkin’ Donuts, it is of dire importance to the United States of America. The one discriminating here is Elkhatib. If I go to a breakfast shop I fully expect to get be able to buy pork products. If someone doesn’t want to eat them, that’s one thing, but to not sell them in a chain franchise where they are readily available otherwise? That’s discriminatory behavior.
If Elkhatib doesn’t want to follow suit along with the rest of Dunkin’ Donuts, then what’s stopping him from opening his own Muslim-oriented shop? Oh, I know what — he’d much rather make us all assimilate to Islamic ways.
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I would love to see Dunkin Donut counter-sue for pork discrimination!
Patricia
I linked to your article from Muslim Dunkin Donuts - No Pork on my Fork
Every day something from them. I really “get” why they called that movie “Relentless”.
From beheadings to banning bacon. And we are the ones who must change?
Am I the only one who sees this problem intensifying on a daily basis? (I know I am not: not here for sure!)
Well, the easy solution is to get people to boycott his store, should he win.
Naturally he’s a victim of racism-anyone who refuses to kowtow to Islamania’s master race mentality is automatically a racist. Let him run a hardware store, or are certain items sold THERE haram as well?
ISLAMSFORLOSERS
Your comments are always so succint
Good stuff.
Hardware store? Hang on,,don’t they sell box-cutters there?
Perhaps he can open a sex tool store,lol!
Gramfan-
Thanks for the compliment. I notice you check out a lot of the same sites that I do and enjoy your comments as well.
As for this fool running a hardware store he would indeed make a fortune selling boxcutters and other goodies to his “brothers”.
ISLAMSFORLOSERS
Thanks, and ditto!
It is obvious we both know the best sites on the ‘net!
If this Muslim doesn’t want to serve pork, let him start his own independent eatery. The West shouldn’t in any way be forced to accommodate halal in our traditional franchises. Nobody is forcing any Muslims to eat pork for breakfast. Let ‘em go to some other place for breakfast.
This law suit should be a non-starter!
On a somewhat related note on muslims using the legal system to advance the slow jihad:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8Q9TMB81.htm
It looks like we will have to amend our consitution someday.
Sooner, rather than later, hopefully.
Memo to the Mohammedan - go with Krispy Kreme instead - they are probably Shariah compliant already.
@Infidel Pride: Well, that news has prompted me to finally add the List of Companies to my Boycott Islam page.
Fortunately, I’ve never been a big fan of Krispy Kreme donuts anyway.
@bernie: Thanks!
@Briant T: Great link. I’m posting that story.