Defending christian symbols gets UK aid work fired.
 
WORKER SACKED FOR STOPPING MUSLIM ‘INSULT’ TO THE CROSS

I would never have believed that the UK would bend over so far backward to accommodate Muslims, firing a man who was upset because Muslims would use a hospital chapel, cover up Christian images and then deliberately leave them cover-up when they left.

A HOSPITAL porter was “devastated” last night after he was sacked following a row with a Muslim doctor over a crucifix. Joseph Protano, a devout Roman Catholic, was a regular visitor to a prayer room open to all faiths at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. But Mr Protono, 54, became increasingly angry to find that a crucifix and a statue of the Virgin Mary were regularly being left covered up.

On one visit he discovered three Muslims – two patients and a consultant – inside the prayer room with the two icons masked by a cloth. A picture of the Virgin Mary had also been placed face down. Mr Protano is alleged to have uncovered the symbols and stood the picture back up before leaving the room. But minutes later there was a “confrontation” in the corridor after the group followed him out. The Muslims accused Mr Protano of using racist language and assault, but he strongly denies the charges against him and claims they verbally abused him.

Mr Protano, from Salford, was suspended four days after the incident in December and has now been fired. A senior detective told the Daily Express: “I do not believe there should be any action over this, but the decision does not rest with me.”

The case is the latest in a string of controversies involving Christian symbols. British Airways caused fury by suspending check-in worker Nadia Eweida, 56, for openly wearing a small cross at work. Bosses allowed other staff members to wear faith symbols including a turban, hijab and Hindu wrist bracelets.