by Muslim Mirror Staff
Khalid Parvez, an employee of Apple in India, has resigned from his position at the company’s Bengaluru outlet. Parvez stated that he decided to leave due to incidents of mental harassment, the use of abusive language, managerial mistakes, and Islamophobic comments. His resignation followed the dismissal of his complaints, which he had filed against these issues.
In a LinkedIn post, Parvez expressed his appreciation for the growth opportunities he had at Apple. However, he also voiced his criticism of the lack of compassion displayed by the company’s human resources department. Parvez mentioned that during their investigation, he was repeatedly asked to trust the system, which he found to be inadequate in addressing his concerns.
“But after 2 months of supposedly ‘thorough’ investigation the #employeerelations comes back with nothing but denial, insensitivity, counter accusations and ended up ridiculing my mental health and family issues,” he said in his post.
Parvez alleged that his mental health concerns were not taken seriously and were instead ridiculed. He further accused the company of attempting to cover up the issues he raised rather than thoroughly investigating his complaints.
“When I asked about the Islamophobic comments – the ER said that none of my statements/incidents were substantiated by other employees. This is when I understood that there was never an investigation, this was some major corporate cover up,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
Parvez issued a warning to professionals, advising them not to blindly trust companies and their management. He encouraged individuals to escalate their concerns beyond regional and national management levels, implying that local management may not always adequately address or resolve issues.
“The only reason why I am calling out these #hypocrites is to convey a message to my fellow #Apple Colleagues and all my fellow corporate victims. Please don’t be afraid to ask questions, please raise your voice whenever you see discrimination, misconduct, any kind of abuse or bullying – DON’T TRUST THE SYSTEM BLINDLY like I did (at least don’t trust the local system). Please escalate. Escalate beyond the regional/national teams. And please document each and everything,” he wrote in his post.
The resignation of Khalid Parvez follows closely on the heels of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s launch of Apple stores in India a few months ago. Cook personally presided over the grand openings of the Apple stores in Mumbai and New Delhi in April of this year, marking a significant milestone for the company’s expansion in India.
#RAISE_AWARENESS
For MNCs (multin-national companies) that are setting up in #ISLAMOPHOBIC_INDIA , the public social media in their home countries e.g. TWITTER US #APPLE websites should be held to account, in front of their global customers.
They have strict policies about anti-discrimination & wish to avoid #REPUTATIONAL_DAMAGE .
The brief FACTS of these Indian cases should be posted & they should be asked, “Would you allow this #Institutional_ISLAMOPHOBIA in the US?”
This could be sent when they are launching new products wanting good publicity & also sent to their CEO etc at important events.
Coordination between FOREIGN human rights organisations & lawyers should be encouraged.
The US Embassy should be informed about #INDIAN_ISLAMOPHOBIA & records kept so that in the event of a future genocide, they cannot say we weren’t aware. https://www.uscirf.gov/
#APPLE_DOES_IT_TURN_A_BLIND_EYE_TO_DISCRIMINATION_OVERSEAS_ISLAMOPHOBIA
* MNCs (Multi-National Companies)
dear connor, tell me if, the entire bogus weapons of mass destruction story that the amreekans created and acted upon, throwing the islamic world into chaos, be considered as an islamophobia exemplified? and then there were those extraordinary renditions. look inside yourself first.
^ Dear RKGarg,
Yes 100% it was at the bare minimum enabled by Islamophobia e.g. Jesuit Bliar, mis-spoken “Crusade” & BLACKWATER mercenaries, Bible-verse inscribed rifle butts etc.
The Neo-“Con” merchants of death & the PNC, along with good ol’ filling the pockets were other elements. Dilip Hiro & Milan Rai, among others courageously stood up for humanity in the courts of cruel, that won’t be forgotten.
The WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction/Delusion) story did result in the predictable destruction of civil society & rise of ISIS terrorists infesting the world, along with exacerbating the refugee outflows from the MENA region. It is a bitterly sad outcome that our fraternal Semitic speaking Christians who have lived in the region alongside the Muslims, have fled after centuries. In the Western European Crusades, the ignorant slaughtered the native Arabian Christians & Jews of the Levant, as they looked the same as the Muslims, just like Rednecks mistake turbaned Sikhs for OBL & the Taliban! Now the whole world is dealing with the multi-generational back blast of the “War on Terra” e.g. refugees, fractured states, militants & hardening of the hearts, dismantling of multi-Culturalism, Huntingdonian Civilizational mistrust (Orthodox Russia, Sinic world) etc. I believe that India is being built up as a Hindutva Pakistan Useful Indiot against China, taking the hardest blows & risk, cushioning the lilies.
Alongside the E.R. i.e. torture without legal oversight, far worse were the perverted rape torture videos of innocent women & girls herded in military prisons that Obama hushed up & it disappeared down the collective memory hole (not forgetting Northern Alliance on Afghan bases openly allowed to rape male children regularly).
I often look inside myself, & also the Muslims. That is why I hate, spread awareness & protest against the abuse of innocent “Hindus” in Pakistan, Sikhs in Afghanistan, Christians in the MENA region etc. No one likes to be criticised & each situation is sometimes muddy & complex e.g. Ukraine.
India, (like the “West”) is/was “good” (to an extent) for minorities e.g. Muslims, so credit where credit is due, however post Cold War & GWOT, the ruling ideologies are becoming hard-hearted.
Even now, as always, there are a decent few people with good hearts all over the World, but there are always some “civilized” ones that smile to your face & are ready to stab you in the back, alongside the majority happy go lucky.
Terima kasih untuk informasinya, sangat berguna bagi saya
A Muslim can claim Islamophobia anywhere and wherever he or she wants. Especially hijab wearing women. A simple innocent question to a Muslim like How many Ammis you have? Does your Abbu has a wife younger than you? How many brothers and sisters you have? These all chitchat questions become Islamophobia to Muslims.