Christian Nurse Suspended for Praying for Sick Muslim Co-worker in UK; Rejects 'Religious Nutcase' Treatment With Suit Against Health Agency

 

A Christian nurse says the U.K.'s National Health Service suspended her for "harassment and bullying" because she prayed a short prayer for her Muslim colleague who was going through heath and personal problems. The nurse is filing a legal challenge against the NHS.

"God, I trust You will bring peace and You will bring healing," Victoria Wasteney, a 37-year-old senior occupational health therapist at the John Howard Centre, a secure mental hospital in east London, prayed for her Muslim colleague, Enya Nawaz, 25, according to The Telegraph.

East London NHS Foundation Trust suspended her for nine months, but on full pay. The complaint was filed by the colleague after her juniors allegedly pressured her to do so...

...Initially, Wasteney accepted a written warning, which would remain on her employment record for 12 months, and also accepted several conditions meant to prevent her from discussing her faith and beliefs with colleagues.

However, on Tuesday, she plans to file a legal challenge against the trust for discrimination on grounds of religion and for infringing her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Wasteney, from Buckhurst Hill, Essex, says she cannot accept the stifling of ordinary conversations about faith in the workplace.

"It's ridiculous that people now feel they cannot openly discuss religion or their own spirituality," she was quoted as saying. "Do we want to reach the point where people are scared to invite colleagues and work friends to events like their children's Christening or a wedding for fear of offending?"...

.....About the day she prayed for Nawaz, the nurse said her colleague came to her in tears because of health problems. "I put my hand on her knee to comfort her and asked if that was okay, and said, 'Would you like me to pray for you?'" Wasteney said.

"She said yes, so I asked for God to bring peace and healing. She left the office afterwards and said she was okay." Read more... link

Response to comment [from other]: [To another member] "Apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. To recap...

Why should it get her into trouble?

Praying after getting permission? It shouldn't. Giving her a book about converting from Islam to Christianity, probably should (depending on the circumstances), because she's being paid to work, not gain converts.

Do you think all christians should be silent about their faith

No.

But muslims should be able to share theirs?

Straw man."

When a Muslim wants to express his faith, he saws off your head. When you welcome a Muslim into your community, expect this sort of violence (Ge 16:12, Jer 7:6 GWT). When you give him a job, our President wants to you plan for work place violence. Going to lunch on the street? You may or may not return to work with your head. Visiting your grandmother on the weekend? She may or may not have her head attached.

If you want to keep your head, you're intolerant.



Meanwhile, the extreme Christian handed out reading material in the workplace. Would you take away her freedom to express her faith? Should she be required to check her Jesus at the door? Ro 1:16

How many people left the hospital without their heads when the islamophobe shared her faith?

 

"People who respect other people's faiths don't try to convert them while at work."

 

Our faith teaches us that one faith is to be respected (Jn 14:6).

I was in a court of law yesterday and saw a distraught woman whose own husband was suing her. The entire court was quiet and uncomfortable after hearing their case. She waited in the front row to check out and I sat next to her to offer a few words of comfort. She broke down and cried. I asked her if I could pray with her to which she said yes.

Should the bailiff have hauled me out of there?

 

"...[T]he hospital isn't paying her to try and gain converts to her religion."

We are Christians in the church and in the workplace. We are Christians at the bottom of the sea in a submarine or high in the sky in an airplane. You're welcome (2 Co 5:11, Ac 20:20).

"They won't shut up, let up, or back up. His people confess." ~ Adrian Rogers Ac 4:20

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven (Mt 5:14–16).

Recommended reading:

 Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy Pearcey

 

Christian Nurse Suspended for Praying for Sick Muslim Co-worker in UK