When this Muslim officer was told to shave his beard to comply with NYPD policy and refused, he was immediately fired. But now they are doing something to back track and cave to Sharia. Do you think they did the right thing?
The New York Police Department reinstated a Muslim officer, who was suspended without pay for refusing to save his beard.
Officer Masood Syed was reinstated after he was escorted out of police headquarters last month for not shaving his beard which he said he grew for religious reasons.
After a little more than a week when a judge said the NYPD had to reinstate the officer’s pay and benefits, Syed was allowed back on the force and permitted to keep his one-inch beard, according to NBCÂ News.
Syed, who said he has maintained about half-to-one-inch (13 to 25 mm)Â beard for most of his 10-year career, has sued the department saying its no-beard policy is unconstitutional.
Following the suit, the NYPD said it will examine its policy banning beards.
‘Given an ultimatum to choose between my faith and my career on that day was one of the most disquieting moments of my life, hopefully no other officer will be put in that situation again,’ said Syed.
‘It appears the NYPD has taken this crucial step to address this policy, and I am looking forward to getting back to work.’
City attorney Michael Fleming had said the limit on facial hair is necessary for gas masks to fit tightly on officers’ faces.
But beards are allowed for religious reasons up to one millimeter in length, according to the department.
Read more: Daily Mail
Should NYPD have reinstated him?
