Woman Fired For Eating 'Unclean' Meat

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Central Florida woman was fired from her job after eating "unclean" meat and violating a reported company policy that pork and pork products are not permissible on company premises, according to Local 6 News.

Lina Morales was hired as an administrative assistant at Rising Star -- a Central Florida telecommunications company with strong Muslim ties, Local 6 News reported.

However, 10 months after being hired by Rising Star, religious differences led to her termination.

I don't always side with members of the Muslim community on religious issues, but I have to say that although it sounds like this non-Muslim woman was fired on religious grounds, the real issue seems to be that the company's rules were not posted, so there was no way for her to know.

My gut feeling is that there's nothing wrong with the owners of a private company asking that their religious laws be respected as long as the employee knows what they are. Can you imagine B&H photo in Manhattan, managed and staffed almost exclusively by Hasidic Jews, being forced to hire Evangelical Christians who insist on proselytizing?