October 07, 2007
More multi-culti madness
From England comes more signs that radical Muslims -- emboldened by the willingness of multi-culti libs to make concessions in the interest of "sensitivity" -- are demanding further changes in Western society.
This time, it's the Hippocratic Oath that's at risk.
Some Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer exam questions on alcohol-related or sexually transmitted diseases because they claim it offends their religious beliefs.
Some trainee doctors say learning to treat the diseases conflicts with their faith, which states that Muslims should not drink alcohol and rejects sexual promiscuity.
A small number of Muslim medical students have even refused to treat patients of the opposite sex. One male student was prepared to fail his final exams rather than carry out a basic examination of a female patient.
The religious objections by students have been confirmed by the British Medical Association (BMA) and General Medical Council (GMC), which both stressed that they did not approve of such actions.
Ooh, the BMA "did not approve." That'll teach those fanatical Mohammedans. Such criticism almost rises to the level of the British government's ever-so-firm statement in September 1939, expressing "disappointment in Herr Hitler's unauthorized field-trip across the Polish border."
And why shouldn't they demand a change in the curriculum? After all, previous demands have been met; a supermarket chain is allowing Muslims to avoid handling booze.
Sainsbury’s is permitting Muslim checkout operators to refuse to handle customers’ alcohol purchases on religious grounds. It means other members of staff have to be called over to scan in wine and beer for them at the till.
This weekend, it emerged that Sainsbury’s is also allowing its Muslim pharmacists to refuse to sell the morning-after pill to customers.
The BMA said it had received reports of Muslim students who did not want to learn anything about alcohol or the effects of overconsumption. “They are so opposed to the consumption of it they don’t want to learn anything about it,” said a spokesman.
The GMC said it had received requests for guidance over whether students could “omit parts of the medical curriculum and yet still be allowed to graduate”. Professor Peter Rubin, chairman of the GMC’s education committee, said: “Examples have included a refusal to see patients who are affected by diseases caused by alcohol or sexual activity, or a refusal to examine patients of a particular gender.”
He added that “prejudicing treatment on the grounds of patients’ gender or their responsibility for their condition would run counter to the most basic principles of ethical medical practice”.
Shazia Ovaisi, a GP in north London, said one of her male Muslim contemporaries at medical school failed to complete his training because he refused to examine a woman patient as part of his final exams.
Both the Muslim Council of Britain and Muslim Doctors and Dentist Association said they were aware of students opting out but did not support them.
Dr Abdul Majid Katme, of the Islamic Medical Association, said: “To learn about alcohol, to learn about sexually transmitted disease, to learn about abortion, it gives us more evidence to campaign against it. There is a difference between learning and practising.
“It is obligatory for Muslim doctors and students to learn about everything. The prophet said, ‘Learn about witchcraft, but don’t practise it’.”
Anyone care to wager how long it'll be before the rules are changed? How long will the Brits withstand allegations of insensitivity and racism, a result of Muslim med students being held back as a result of their religious beliefs?
I am not confident that Britain has the stones to hold fast and tell these whiners to piss off -- but they should.
Posted by Mike Lief at October 7, 2007 11:22 PM
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