22 December 2009

Amsterdam: Welfare cut for refusal to shake hands, shorten beard

.... It was correct to cut the welfare benefits of an Amsterdam Muslim who refused to shake hands with women, an Amsterdam court ruled.

The man is unemployed and the municipal employment department (DWI) is guiding him to a new job. In that context he was given the possibility earlier this year to train for a security guard. He refused when it turned out that he would have to shorten his beard for that. [Islam in Europe] Read more