Is it racist

[Cuellar]

If someone says to a Muslim colleague, regarding someone playing a practical joke on said colleague "You should put a fatwa on him!"

[madhair60]

ER Islam isn't a race

Edit: That said, yes, it is racist.

[Cuellar]

Yeah thought so

[PlanktonSideburns]

Yes.

Get em a greggs tommoro morning to apologise

[Jittlebags]

A nice sausage roll.  <- hope that wasn't racist.

[Cuellar]

Yes.

Get em a greggs tommoro morning to apologise

I didn't say it!!

[Jittlebags]

I'd say if it were said on the basis of knowing the person was a muslim, it isn't racist. If it was said based on the person's colour, then racist. But that's only me.

[PlanktonSideburns]

I didn't say it!!

sure sure

[phantom_power]

If you know the person well enough then it isn't racist but you wouldn't need to ask this question so on the basis that you even need to ask then yes it is

[Norton Canes]

Wouldn't bother me.

[Cuellar]

p.s. this is also someone who said, on seeing me eating a bagel, 'god your team is always eating bagels...it's when you all start coming in in little skullcaps that we need to worry!!'

What do you say to that level of banter.

[a duncandisorderly]

What do you say to that level of banter.

"fuck off", definitely.

[hummingofevil]

Only way it is acceptable level of banter is if your colleagues are both relatively junior Islamic scholars and the "You should put a fatwa on him" was delivered by a peer of equal ranking in reference to the fact that the recipient of the joke not does not have the necessary authority to issue them.

[Cuellar]

Fed up of working with loads of straight white cunts smdh

[Jittlebags]

Can't see why we can't take the piss out of religious practices. With so many religious systems, assuming a best case scenario of there being one true religion, all the other must therefore be a loads of bollocks, and if you can't determine which is the one true religion, you may as well take the piss out of all of them.

e.g. them Branch Davidians are a weird fucking bunch. Who is to say that Jesus, Mohammed, Buddah and Jina Vardhamana Mahavira weren't historical equivalents of David Koresh? 

[Cuellar]

Yeah fine, didn't seem like this was an attempt to take the piss out of the theological absurdities of Islam though. More of a 'hey, you're Muslim right? Do a fatwa like you lot always do'

[Captain Z]

Unless, of course, you're a Muslim.

Muslim...Muslim... Yeeeaaahhhhhh.

[Sebastian Cobb]

A bit racist; massive lack of self awareness.

[Cuellar]

I tell ya, I'm this close to resigning from Labour Party HQ!!

[Nowhere Man]

It's a bit strong yeah, but I sniggered anyway i'm ashamed to say.

"Get yourself out of that one, Rommel."

[Jumblegraws]

ER Islam isn't a race

Edit: That said, yes, it is racist.

Not sure how serious you're being, but might as well stick my oar in on this.
Race is such a shakey concept that it seems like a specious distinction to make in context. I've seen constructions of 'race' that involve religious identity. Regarless, the sort of anti-Muslim discrimination you see in Britain is so closely adjacent to what we'd unequivocally call racism as that "Islam isn't a race" is pedantry at best.
Edit to add: you obviously weren't being serious, dunno what's wrong with me, bye.

[Kryton]

I've seen constructions of 'race' that involve religious identity.

Examples? Which races specifically involve religious identity?

[Nowhere Man]

This is gonna be a long thread isn't it

[Uncle TechTip]

There certainly are some challenges we have to face to increase diversity in tech.

[DrGreggles]

If someone says to a Muslim colleague, regarding someone playing a practical joke on said colleague "You should put a fatwa on him!"

Y'know, like J-Lo.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Bringing up someone's religion arbitrarily, as above is a twat move and potentially offensive. Completely inappropriate at work. It isn't racist as such but it's heading towards being. It's like saying 'oh why don't you pray" if some orders haven't arrived. Just the kind of absolutely inane dickhead thing only an absolutely inane dickhead would ever say.

[thraxx]

Unless, of course, you're a Muslim.

Muslim...Muslim... Yeeeaaahhhhhh.

+1 Karma. One of my favourite bits of comedy ever for some reason. It's in my head most days.

[Jumblegraws]

Examples? Which races specifically involve religious identity?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnoreligious_group
But I think the bigger point is that there's not really such a thing as a "race" in the first place. We're stuck with the word "racism" now, it just doesn't signify anything concrete.

[Cuellar]

This is gonna be a long thread isn't it

Yeah oops

If we can confine ourselves to roundly condemning my racist colleague that'd be great.

[Mister Six]

Your colleague is a cunt and you should report him to HR.