In its negotiations with the service, the DRC is encouraging chief fire officers to look at each case on its individual merits, rather than make assumptions based on preconceivedideas about disability.
"It's an uphill battle, because you are trying to dismantle preconceivedideas about the concept of jihad, because traditionally people have seen stereotypes and they have seen actions by some Muslims, and the majority of Muslims did not step in to say, 'No, this is our faith, and we are going to claim it, '" he said.