Ein Zahnarzt in Manchester wurde vom General Dental Council wegen Diskriminierung einer Patientin verurteilt – weil er sie aufgefordert hatte, ein Kopftuch zu tragen. Der Arzt namens Omer Butt bezog sich bei seiner Aufforderung auf die Scharia. Die Zahnärztekammer hat ihn drei Tage lang verhört und schließlich abgemahnt.
Ich sehe das als Beispiel dafür, dass die Islamisierung des Alltags keineswegs geduldet werden muss. Es gibt Mittel und Wege der Zivilgesellschaft, den öffentlichen Raum vor dieser Art von Kolonisierung zu schützen.
Aus dem Bericht der BBC:
The dentist had denied the charges, but admitted he would ask Muslim women to cover up in accordance with Islamic law before he treated them and reducing fees to encourage patients to wear the headscarf.
Dr Butt, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, was found to have „undermined public confidence“ in the dental profession by discriminating against the woman in April 2005.
Giving evidence in his defence, Dr Butt said he „politely requested“ the woman, a non-practising Muslim, to wear a headscarf.
He said it was „unlawful“ for him, as a Muslim, to look at a Muslim woman who was not properly covered up.
The patient, a community nurse who worked in Bury, said Dr Butt told her she would have to find another dentist because she would not wear the headscarf.
The hearing was told the dentist later quoted Islamic Sharia law on appropriate relationships between men and women.
Patient A said she was told by a dental nurse at the surgery: „Inside the surgery it’s Dr Butt’s world and his rules apply.“
The patient said she sought to register at the Unsworth Smile Clinic after the birth of her young child because it was nearer to her home.
She said she telephoned the clinic to make an appointment and was told they required Muslim women to wear the headscarf.
Muslim men attending the clinic could not wear gold jewellery, she was told.