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Muslim Man Claims Whole Foods Fired Him Because of His Faith

Muslim Man Claims Whole Foods Fired Him Because of His Islamic Faith | Glenn Mack

Photo Credit: Philadelphia Weekly

Yet another Islamic discrimination case is brewing. Glenn Mack Jr., a 24-year-old man who was terminated from his position at Whole Foods Markets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earlier this year is claiming that he was harassed in the workplace due to his Muslim faith.

In addition to the harassment, he says that he was also fired because of his faith. A spokeswoman for Whole Foods denies these allegations. Kate Lowery says that details about current and former employees cannot be released “due to privacy,” but that the allegations are unfounded.

“It’s well known that Whole Foods values and celebrates diversity,” she explains. “We have a zero-tolerance discrimination policy, zero tolerance.” The Philadelphia Weekly notes, ”Whole Foods was recently credited and thanked by [the Council on American-Islamic Relations] for being the first national supermarket chain with a Ramadan food promotion,” a detail that adds intrigue to the entire debacle. In the past, the company has actually been criticized by conservatives for being too friendly toward Muslims:

According to CNN, the young man began working at the chain back in 2008. His lawyer, Amara Chaudhry, of the Philadelphia chapter of the CAIR, says that he was told he was being terminated in February of 2011 for absenteeism.

Mack, who claims he originally kept his Muslim faith a secret in the workplace after overhearing comments that bothered him, says that he was well-liked at his job. As a community service liaison, he had been chosen to run an employee assistance fund, which was designed to help staff members in need. He also alleges that he was selected to meet the company’s co-founder and CEO, John Mackey.

Muslim Man Claims Whole Foods Fired Him Because of His Islamic Faith | Glenn MackAccording to Mack, he didn’t start experiencing problems in the workplace until his supervisors learned that he would be taking vacation time for Hajj — an Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.  CNN describes this important religious event:

Hajj represents the fifth and final “pillar” of Islam. Every Muslim who is physically and financially capable is expected to make the pilgrimage once in their lifetime.

Mack had planned to take the 18-day trip back in November 2010 and he says that he let his supervisors know about his plans two months ahead of time. But before his vacation, he claims that his bosses told him that he needed to make a choice between taking his trip and keeping his job.

Regardless of the alleged choice presented, Mack chose to go on his trip. But when he returned, he said he was downgraded to a part-time employee and subsequently terminated.

But before being fired, he alleges he was followed around and watched closely by his supervisors. The scrutiny apparently compelled him to abandon his daily prayer in a storage room. To avoid the uncomfortable scrutiny, he began praying outdoors, near a dumpster. After being let go, he later decided to re-apply at a different location. The Weekly notes:

After the obligatory six month waiting period, Mack applied for another job with another Whole Foods location. He says the employer had set a start date, but then found out Mack had been banned from the company, nationwide, which is not standard for employees who’ve been terminated due to absence, which was the reason given to Mack.

A complaint was filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission back in March and an amended complaint will soon follow. But no official lawsuit has been filed — just the aforementioned complaint and a similar one with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

(H/T: CNN)

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  • capecodsully
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:15pm

    Either his vacation time was approved by the company ahead of time or it wasn’t. If he did not get the OK to take vacation at that time but went anyway, then he quit his job.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:42pm

      Pray to an old mop or to a garbage can….. same difference!!!

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    • WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges04
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:53pm

      Thank you for firing “murderous-faith” diaper-head. I weel now buy my food from Whole Foods!

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    • Bluzie
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:56pm

      Exactly Cape,

      Mack had planned to take the 18-day trip back in November 2010 and he says that he let his supervisors know about his plans two months ahead of time.

      Just because you let them “know” doesn’t mean it was approved. And I would find it hard to believe that he would be granted 3 weeks of leave time to do so.

      Speculation statement; but considering he was demoted to part time upon his return and supposedly followed around the store more than likely indicates he was verbally disgruntled about his demotion and was watched to see if he was going to tamper with the products. If and a big if….if he was disgruntled and would tamper with products that carries a lot more towards public safety than what anyone would think of his faith. Afterwards he was fired and banned from all Whole-Foods stores…hmmmm also an indicator of his attitude after the demotion. Something is not being admitted to by his legal team, he probably made threats and got canned.

      Besides he is only 24 years old and Mecca is a trip that every Muslim is supposed to take once in their lives? There was plenty of time for him to make the trip when he perhaps had a little more seniority with the company and accrued more vacation time?

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    • ACLUHater
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:01pm

      If you want to pray all day long, pack up your dirty crap and get on the first plane back to that rat-infested place that you came from.

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    • marion
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:18pm

      Doing the Hajj is a one lifetime thing and it doesn’t have a specific timeframe when it has to be done. When the question asked was, do you want your job or do you want to take a trip, well, he made a choice, jobs are hard to come by in these times and he made his choice. He was given a part time position after returning, which was probably more than WF really needed to do, and if the person is a good worker, well, things do get forgiven, so I would say he wasn’t as good a worker as those around him.

      Being religious or having religious convictions are not being restricted or prevented, so if for some reason his religious duties somehow interfere with a person paying one for services called a job. If your religious beliefs interfere with your job, need to find a different job, just saying. Religious freedom allows a person to practice their religion but there is nothing that says his prayer time has to be during work time, if this happened to be an issue.

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    • chips1
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:35pm

      BLUZIE:
      Although I agree with most of your post, I don’t believe the opportunity to go to Mecca is as great as you think. Mecca won’t be there very much longer.

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    • DGSTRACK
      Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:01am

      Interesting the article doesn’t mention if his vacation was approved or not.

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  • JohnHW
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:15pm

    Hell, I was “laid-off” when computers went from 16-bit to 32-bit machines. The excuse, 32-bit machines had a couple of “extras” that 16-bit processers didn‘t have and I didn’t have that experience. Of course, I had recently joined a semi-religious group. I should have used that excuse because I now needed to travel away from town for various things and maybe they might have kept me on the job – afterall, they had recently hired and trained 32-bit people. Damn!!!

    When are these people going to learn, you move to another country (or convert) you do what is expected in that country. You don’t demand that they change to your wants. Sorry, but if they expected you to work, you work until you have reached the required breaks. What if you have a position on an assembly line. Do you demand that the assembly line be stopped while you spread your prayer rug and prayed. Do as the rest of us, if we feel the need to pray, I pray, but continue doing my job, whether it is flying the plane, driving a car, or sitting at my desk.

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    • Ok-Sure
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Wow, @Rose Ellen. Are you the most angry person you know? If not i think i might need to re-invest in my personal safety. By the way, more word does not = better message.

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    • Kitsune
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:56pm

      @ Mike : He _IS_ Black.

      People seem to have forgotten all about the concept of Black Islam.

      Remember Louis Farrakhan?

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Why would anyone ever higher a muslim? Eventually they will ask to pray five times a day and have you cleanse the workplace of everything that is offensive to them. Lawsuits and destruction will follow. Nothing good can come from something bad.

      Poltical correctness, like ALL liberal creations, eventually will collapse under it’s own contradictions and hypocrisy. There will however, be major damage before it’s collpase.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:53pm

      How do any of them hold a job with this prayer thing five times a day ? I also think it was appropriate that he was praying at the dumpster…. As for whole foods celebrating diversity, you deserve these pains in the asss…

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    • knockered
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:17pm

      Let him move to Austrailia. The leader, and I mean leader not like what we have here in the U.S., has set the record straight in her country.She told everybody that has come to live there if you don’t like it leave, simple as that. She said we respect what you are and that they should respect the land and the culture they have decided to live in. Good for her and her country. Hopefully one day we in the U.S.A. can have the ballls to do the same……….

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    • klbrooks123
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:50pm

      Amen

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  • TiltingWindmills
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:13pm

    Islamic culture is in conflict with our culture. They should go back to their own Islamic nations where they can conflict among themselves.

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    • DesertRose1960
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:18pm

      With a name like Glenn Mack, it’s entirely possible that the Islamic nation this man came from is the United States. The United States is a secular nation that allows all residents to pray or not to pray as their conscience teaches:” Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;” I think I read that somewhere once.

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    • Kitsune
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:24pm

      Don’t forget, if Sharia gets a strong enough foothold, the Traditional Muslims are going to behead the Black Muslims along with all the rest of us infidels. You think the Purebred Arab Muslims have any tolerance for that “Mother Wheel” Elijah Muhammad stuff?

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    • Will4Freedom
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:30pm

      Ask a Christian living in a Muslim country if they would rather lose their job or be beheaded.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:37pm

      Yet another islamic descrimination suit brewing? Uy vey!Didn’t God tell these people religious freedom and freedom from religious persecution and universal human rights and equal treatment was just something we professed so we could call ourselves exceptional and point fingers at everyone else under the sun? How dare people really believe it should apply to people we don’t like? What do they think-we actually have principles! uy vey!They dare call us on it. There go those muslim again resisting a perceived injustice again.How dare they!.

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    • db321
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:39pm

      Here we go – no business is safe – don’t believe – start hiring them – you will find out real soon – they will own your company and then they will break all laws.

      I myself have been called a racist by a Muslim man that is still active in the US Military – he said he would spend $10,000 to get my family and me because of a simple disagreement.

      I never once criticized him and I always address him as Sergeant out of respect – When he accused me of hating Muslims – I never lost my cool – I just listen to the hate that come out of the man mouth.

      When he finished yelling at me – I looked him straight in the eye and said “BRING IT” and I warn you – if I see you anywhere near my family “I will swoosh you like a bug.”

      It woke me up! You go deal with them if you want – I prefer now to keep them at a scope’s distance.

      Just to let you know this incedent in a work environment or I would have kicked this guys ass into Muslimville.

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    • Faith1029
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:07pm

      ROSE-ELLEN: “religious persecution is anti american.Nazi germany is your counterpart.You right wingers are showing your true colors-pc to the core as your politicians and right wing media don’t dare call for a war on islam or the banning of muslims[on the one hand] while persecutiing muslims and defending those who do like good germans that you are on the other hand. Nothing american or honorable about you.”

      Since when can an employee tell their boss they will take an 18 day vacation like it or lump it? He was given a choice to either stay and work or go on vacation so now he is reaping the consequences of that choice. Nothing to do with persecution. What does this mean every time a muslim is not doing his/her job or not showing up for work, the employer can’t do anything about it or you will cry persecutiom? You say “nothing American or honorable about you.” You know I’ve been reading your posts for some time now and I have to question your patriotism. It seems most of what you post you are standing up for everyone but Americans. I even wonder if you are an American. I also wonder why you stay on the Blaze site since it seems to upset you. I wonder if you would be happier on another site that is more in line with your views.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:17pm

      troll-ellen is not an american either by birth or by naturalization…pay attention to the syntax of “her”sentences and word usage….

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:31pm

      rose-ellen

      Up your dosage and you should be fine. And I’m not saying up yours…just saying increase the meds.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:36pm

      You might not be saying it but I certainly am……. ;)

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:51pm

      @ rose-ellen I find your hypocrisy here hilarious! On http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tx-motorcycle-groups-takes-harleys-to-western-wall-to-stand-with-israel/, you are quoted as saying:
      “Many christians collaborated with the americans hence their churches were burned down.And with the christian zionist alliance today that adds to the divide. It is a modern day result of the political situation there[american[christian activists like this group- one sided support of zionism and unjust meddling].”

      and

      “One mans terrorist is another’s freedom fighter. if they had your weapons and you didn’t hide your military behind hard to penetrate bases-they would target your military with weapoms of modern war. but they’re not going to give you a green light to prop up dictators or invade with shock and awe or veto every UN resolution that would bring relief to occupied arabs -by not resisting harm being done to them by american and zionist policies.”

      Now you cry foul on religious persecution when the Muslims of the Middle East have always shown intolerance to the Jews that lived amongst them today and previous. Practice what you preacher babe… As I stated in the post on that thread as well. The Jews have lived what is now known as Israel for thousands of years. It is their rightful home. They wish you could live in peace with them, but you keep shoving this intolerant hate speech in their face and supporting those that attack the Jews.

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    • let us prey
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:46pm

      rose
      An enemy invader must never be classified as a religion.

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    • littleQueenie
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:09pm

      The US is not now nor has it ever been an islamic nation despite what the closet Muslim in the White House says.
      Islam is in opposition to democracy. Islam is a cult, not a religion and need to be classifies as such.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:07pm

      Islam, the religion of death, destruction, subjugation and intolerance really sucks.

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    • Your Sensie
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:35pm

      As usual Rose-Ellen I agree with everything you say, that‘s why I’m a piece of garbage like you.

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:51pm

      rose-ellen

      Always mad and always wrong… Cair bestows honor award… muslim man get‘s upset because he can’t take off when he wants to and leaves anyway… here in America that is called a job and what he did was quit when he was told by the company (that’s the ones that gave him the job) you can’t take the time off and he leaves anyway, here in America that is called quitting. He can always trot back to where he came from if its better…. Always mad and always wrong

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  • cessna152
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:08pm

    Private company can hire and fire whom they wish… oh wait, we are no longer a free society. Scratch that…
    This is what Democracy looks like
    Pretty soon we’ll be saying “The Muslim store owner (boss) chopped off my arm for looking at his wife”.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:47pm

      tHEN DECLARE WAR ON ISLAM uNTIL THEN IT IS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.aND JEWS AND CHRISTIANS LIVED TOGETHER IN THE MID EAST TILL ZIONISM AND COLONIAL INTERVENTION. aND I’M NOT AMERICAN-MY ALLEGENCE IS TO MY CONSCIENCE[MY SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG], MY LORD JES US CHRIST AND THE CATHOLIC cHIRCH. aND GUESS WHAT -THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE NOT AMERICAN AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THEIR OPINIONS TOO. aS YOU CAN TELL BY MU SYNTAX -I’M NOT AMERICAN-SO WHAT-1tHE INTERNET IS OPEN TO ALL AND ALL ARE EQUAL NO MATTER WHAT YOU JINGO NATIONALISTS BELIEVE.yOUR RELIGION IS AMERICANISM -NOT MINE

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    • winoceros
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:59pm

      Rose Ellen, you are an ignoramus. The Jews and Christians and Muslims never, ever lived together in peace in the Middle East. The Muslims, since their founding, warred against and conquered the region. It took centuries to win it back, and yet is being lost again to those who are charged with making “all religion Allah’s”. How can you so willfully ignorant? What do you win from this kind of intellectual chicanery and plain weirdness?

      Nationalism is driven by a belief system. Americans are nationalistic not through ethnicity, race or religion, but through a belief in individual liberties. Islam has no individual liberties. They are collectivists with a legal code of negative liberties…permissions granted or things forbidden. Have you no sense at all?

      This piece of crap who was given an important job at Whole Foods squandered it with his claim of self-importance. Islam is completely incompatible with American constitutional democracy. Many, many Muslims work hard and do not press to have their unapproved vacations supersede the rules. Can everyone else take vacation for a pilgrimage any time they want? He is sueing…it is the Muslim who is warring on America, not the other way around. He doesn’t like workplace rules to supersede his enslavement to Allah, as he perceives it. Muslims can be tolerated, but only if they keep their oppression and milennial warmongering amongst themselves.

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 5:13pm

      @ Rose-Ellen

      [Quote: aND I’M NOT AMERICAN-MY ALLEGENCE IS TO MY CONSCIENCE[MY SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG...]

      It has nothing to do with being American or not. Hate speech is hate speech. Your sense of right and wrong is exactly what we are questioning. Your claims are based on what you think is right; however, in a honest objective sense you are completely wrong. You may feel you are right and justified based on the knowledge you currently have obtained, but you need to really read the material history that is out there. Especial the history from 1st person accounts.

      You are correct in saying that many Jews returned to what is now know as Israel, but that is their homeland. It doesn’t matter that they came from America and Europe after being forced to leave their home many years ago. It was the Muslim forcing many Jews to flee that caused the Jewish population to increase in America and Europe, which directly related to the events of Hitler and Stalin based on Karl Marx’s views of the Jewish people. This is the reason the UN allowed Israel to become a state in 1948. It was determined that the cause of the issue was the occupation of Israel by the Romans, Ottomans, Greeks, Syrians, etc, etc, etc that caused the Jews to be forced from their regional home. They original wanted peace, but were attacked by Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq seeing as Muslims not agreeing to a two state solution.

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 5:30pm

      @ Rose-Ellen This caused the one state solution we have today. Many Muslims live in the Jews ruled Israel and prefer it to the original governance? Why? Because the Jews allow freedom of religion and support freedom of all people. The problems with Gaza and the Israel seized zones of the six day war is the constant attacks from Hamas and radical factions. This causes further aggression where there doesn’t need to be.

      Twice has Israel been subject to War with their neighbors, 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the Six Day War. Each time, Israel decimated the opposing force to the point they could have conquered the whole Middle East. However, they never conquered their neighbors and returned all the land they conquered save: Gaza, Judea, Samaria, and the Golan Heights. The reason they seized these areas was the fact that they needed the land to secure their own protection for the future. I am sorry, but to the victor go the spoils. An no matter what defense you give to Hamas or the militant Muslims that seek Israel’s destruction, the fact remains that they would never had to do any of this if the Jews were never forced to leave the Middle East from 1930-1940 due to the persecution of Arab nationalism and its ties to Nazi Germany.

      Like I said, you really need to look at History as a whole.

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:06pm

      Now rose-ellen there you go again…you let the “I’m not an American” cat out of the bag again… oh and heres another tip for you about another give away, when you spell Jesus (look carefully now) it is all one word not Je sus…. If you are not an American…… well if we have to explain it you wouldn’t understand it… See when you get mad you blow your scarf off and your Berka gets all steamy… settle down a tad, you don’t want to go into the tongue song thingie just yet… lol This is America and I am an American…read up on it a tad. Have you ever played Cowboy and Iranians?? We have a lot of really cool games we play here….. Stand Strong America

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:10pm

      Oh rose ellen by the way

      Jingo is a legendary empress of Japan… notice how Japan starts with a J…. well America starts with an A…. lol

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:12pm

      winoceros

      Well said

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  • maples
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:08pm

    This is just one of many instances that fits into their plan, and many more to come. They are using this to get Sharia Law in our country and also score$$$$.

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  • zoro51
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:07pm

    what faith is this MUYRDERING MUSLUM speaking of/../ ALLAH is a FASLE IDOL GOD. MUYHAMUDD made up the koran ID not shop where there are MUSLUMS working i dont want to be TERRORIZED or attacked because I DONT WORSHIP A FALSE GOD the stigma wiht islamim IS heavy n LOUD.. they dont tolerate gays the enslave women they hit rape them treat them as sex slaves they KILL thier kids in a psuceo honor jilling theyll strap boms to any relative n send them out .. whole foods either made the right decision or a poorly thought out BUT the muslum man should ahve3 NOT worn his towel.. being inconspicuious may have helped him.. i stood in liune wiht a few towel wearer4s n I WAS NOT CONFORTIBLE.. i dont want to be around ANY muslum.. its a CULT of hayte n death forced religion . if u leave its death THATS ot a religion but a CULT.. so this man fired… IF proven thats why they fired him then yes whole foods can be sued IF not n HE caused his own demise DEAL wiht it GO BACK TO IRAN

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:23pm

      Wow, that is just scary dude. Freedom of religion is core to who we are as a people. The vitriol and hypocrisy of posters on this board is frightening. I can’t wait to see some of you follow this drivel up with your responses to the soon to be coming “War on Christmas” stories.

      I’m not saying the dude was right. I don’t think an employer should have to cover 18 day vacations like that unless it was negotiated in advance. That being said, the posts on here aren’t even remotely on topic and just full of venom. Wow.

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    • let us prey
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:49pm

      rothbardian
      As screwed up as Philly is, this should not be high on their to-do-list. Roving thugs and killers should be on the top of the list. Now that would be a story of interest.

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    • mike_trivisonno
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:05pm

      =================
      Freedom of religion is core to who we are as a people.
      ================

      The presentation of this argument is only done by people who are totally ignorant of Islamic culture. It is also presented as a form of deception to the non-muslim by muslims.

      Islamic culture has nothing to do with Western Civilization and operates under a different, unacceptable, cultural imperative of deception. Islamic culture does not co-exist with others, it erases and replaces them.

      Even a cursory glance through history bears this out.

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  • sarcasticus
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:07pm

    I call BS-
    Whole Foods earlier this year boasted of being the first national food chain to celebrate Ramadan.
    Whole Foods is pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas, and anti-Israel.
    They refuse to promote and sell any major brands from Israel.
    This story may be something on the surface, but underneath it all, its oh well.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:13pm

      i agree this is crapplola. beyond tired of whiners and hippies which seem to be the only headlines these days

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:44pm

      Well then let them taste their own poison .

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  • momsense
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:05pm

    If your religion precludes your doing your job–get another job–stupid !

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    • sarcasticus
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:10pm

      Or, get another religion.

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:22pm

      They didn’t fire him because he was a ******. They fired him because they don’t wipe and they drool allot.

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:30pm

      Wow, I am shocked by the behavior of so called “Christians”. What’s wrong with you people? Is this how Jesus taught us to behave? Aren’t we supposed to be the light? We’re supposed to bring people to God. What about what is happening on this board would make anyone want to be a Christian? You all totally have missed the point. You don’t have to agree with this guy. Fine. But to use this as a launching pad for this behavior is just sick. I have serious problems with Islam. It saddens me that hundreds of millions suffer under that belief system. If I were to “hate” someone it would be the mullahs and the the ones keeping this system going. Hating a billion people because of their faith is pretty much as un-Christian as it gets.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:02pm

    Did He throw a rug out and pray in aisle 6? Did He tackle people who were buying pork chops and call them Infidels? I Was not there. So I Have no idea of all the reasons why he was fired. Heck,A Long vacation is a good reason to let him go. Now he can travel as much as he wants to. DO Find it hard to believe that he was rich enough for this vacation working at Whole Foods. He must be part of the 1%.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:09pm

      He should go back to the middle east .. either “assimilate” or leave .. this is not just for Muslims .. this is for all people who come to America .. do not expect America to change for you.

      TEA!

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  • nobull14
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:01pm

    Islamic bull crap !!!!!

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    • 123456beatriz
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:51pm

      I am agree. Those muslims are doing damage themself, abusing “discrimination” issues. What’s about the christians in Egypt, Lybia, Tunisia, etc?.

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  • eddiebuck
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:00pm

    I wish the whole crowd would go to Mecca and stay.Stop by the White House and take that usurping Muslim posing as a president with them.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:58pm

    Gee… Glenn Mack jr… gets a lawyer via CAIR (the Militant Muslim Brotherhood)? Anyone sense what the real problem is here? Would anyone Trust this guy?

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  • Desert Dog
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:58pm

    Get Allred on this case!!!! Sounds like it’s right up her alley……..

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  • Obama Snake Oil Co
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:58pm

    He had a choice and he made it, now live with the decision you made. This is not the first time we have heard about this. You decide to do your pilgrimage when you can not when you want. If it is a condition of your job, your choice.

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    • motonutt
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Once again Muslims wanting special privledges for being muslim. Kind of like the ****’s.

      Thank you Whole foods for firing him. Now don’t cave into his law suit.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:57pm

    “The scrutiny apparently compelled him to abandon his daily prayer in a storage room. To avoid the uncomfortable scrutiny, he began praying outdoors, near a dumpster.”
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    I only get 2-15 minute breaks a day. Muslims pray 5 times a day. I wonder if he was praying on the company’s dime?
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    “his bosses told him that he needed to make a choice between taking his trip and keeping his job.
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    You make your choices and live with it. Nobody forced him to go to Mecca. If he wants to spend all his time praising allah, go back to the middle east.

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Odd Thing,The few times I Have been in a store like Whole Foods( The one I Stopped at was not a Whole Foods,But similar in Premise,all Organic,Etc.Had Good Chicken Salad) The clientele were all Hippies,Muslims,Vegetarians,Hairy Under armed Women,College Professors..you Know The Regular Communist types. Why Would they risk pee’ing off their major Clientele? Bet there is more to the story than a trip to Mecca and Prayer rugs.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:54pm

      Heres a odder thing too.
      Hired in 2008″ takes trip in 2010′ = 2 years employment = 18 days off.
      18 DAYS OFF >>>> for a pilgrimage = vacation (call it what you want).
      If its not in your contract, and the Boss said no,
      and your NOT>>> sick,having a baby,hurt,>>bla bla
      AND YOU DO IT ANYWAY>>>YOUR FIRED >> PERIOD.
      If this guy gets a cent ,
      It will be yet another knife, in the heart of our once great nation.

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  • Derek01
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:55pm

    I would be more impressed if Whole Foods valued competency and good ol’hard work over PC BS. Obviously this is just another loser trying to game the system

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  • Sy Kosys
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:54pm

    What….Gloria Allred too busy to take this?

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  • nohussein
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:54pm

    Another muzz trying to impose his love of a pedophile upon good people.

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  • dorightfearnothing
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:53pm

    Good, his calling might have been food poisoning rather then suicide bombing… Many lives likely saved…

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:53pm

    What, you mean it wasn’t because of his skin color?

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  • itsmyfirstday
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:52pm

    He can always get a job working for TSA…what’s he complaining about??

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  • TexasHunter
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:51pm

    Maybe it was because you had a over whelming smell of curry, or that you would stop in the middle of your job, roll out your mat and pray in the aisle. or that you didn’t do your job correctly, or that you aren’t suppose to yell out Allah Akbar when greeting customers. Those are all grounds for detonation, oops termination. Those get confused so easily.

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  • KatyaUngerman
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:49pm

    I totally believe this. Whole Foods is seriously such a rude chain. My grandfather barely speaks English (he is an immigrant) and they were nothing but rude to him. He’s a 70 year old stroke victim, again, who is an immigrant, and the staff yelled at him and said, “Learn how to speak English, old man! Go back to your home country.” It’s a vile company–clearly they don’t have any policy towards diversity except to shun it.

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:01pm

      @ Katyaungerman I am sorry to hear about your Grandfather. If this is true, the management of the Whole Foods Store should be notified as that type of behavior should never be tolerated. However, the actions of the employees does not 100% mean the company as a whole shares this view. That is why companies tend to fire those types of people that create controversy and intolerance to any human being.

      However, I would be quick to jump demonizing Whole Foods on this or villainizing them. If it is true, than Whole Foods needs to serious answer to these allegations and address their store management and business practices. It is still too early to tell, but the courts will work it out.

      Again, sorry to here about your Grandfather. I will keep him and you in my prayers and wish your family the best. As for Whole Foods? I never shopped there, it is too overpriced. I prefer grow my own! :)

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    • TexasHunter
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:01pm

      Katy- When you try to tell him what to do and he doesn’t understand. There you have a problem. I am sorry but like it or not this is America. You learn English if you are going to be living here. Sure he had time to learn it at the ripe age of 70 so he should have. Plain and simple. This is America not Mexico.

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    • Mike777
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Bullcrap

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    • JohnnyMidknight
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:06pm

      @ TexasHunter I agree that immigrants should learn the language and culture of America, but people should still be tolerant of those who just came here or have difficulties in learning the language. I mean, her Grandfather is a 70 year old stroke victim. You do know that strokes can cause verbal speech problems and force some people to have to relearn how to speak. No matter what, no one has a right to treat anyone with that type of intolerance (provided that the story is 100% accurate).

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    • Lantern
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:09pm

      @Katy
      I, too, am sorry to hear about your grandfather. Are you teaching him English? Is he a legal immigrant? I am assuming that it is the economy that causes him to keep working at 70?
      My mother is a legal immigrant from Luxemburg. She learned to speak English long ago and has never had any problems with any companies, but then she hasn’t had any strokes, that I know ofIf he has a disability from his stroke, he has legal recourse, plus, he is a senior citizen.

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    • TexasHunter
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:27pm

      Johnny I understand about the stroke, my grandmother had one a couple years back. Her left side is slightly paralyzed. All I am trying to say is that if he came here a long time ago then he should have learned the language. In fact I give Kudos to Whole Food for 1) hiring a 70 year old man. 2) him having a stroke (which i doubt he said) 3) keeping him on the job when he doesn’t speak English that well. I do know every one deserves a chance. As long as you do it legally then more power to you but try to learn the language if you are living and working. If I ever moved to Mexico that would be the first thing I learned.

      Sometimes harsh words come out of employees mouths when people are annoyed. Look at the White House.

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    • Mia Cav
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:47pm

      @ Katy, so sorry about your grandfather. Can you clear something up? I got the impression from your post that he was a customer who was treated rudly, not that he was an employee. Also, my father emmigrated from Italy when he was 16 years old, leagly and with an American Sponsor. We now have a multi-million dollar construction company. He is a success story – but he still has an accent.

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  • elosogrande
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:48pm

    Christians and Jews hear comments that bother them all the time. Maybe he should just shut up and get to work. It’s a job – that’s all it is.

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:47pm

    Gee, what was the last news report involving Whole Foods????

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    • last frontier
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Uh was it on them not celebrating ramadan? was it they sell pork products? don’t tell me……….could it be that whole foods is non union? and CAIR Obama, SEIU, and ACORN don’t really like companies that are non union. Seems to me there was a another food chain that was having troubles in the 90′s for not joining a union and they sold pizza.

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