A MUSLIM store worker refused to serve a customer buying a children’s book on Christianity because she said it was “unclean”. Shopper Sally Friday felt publicly humiliated at a branch of Marks & Spencer when she tried to pay for First Bible Stories as a gift for her young grandson.
When she put the book on the check-out counter, the young assistant refused to touch it, declared it was unclean and summoned another member of staff to serve instead.
Mrs Friday said she was so upset that she has now complained to the store’s management.
Last night politicians and religious leaders supported her in condemning the high street giant and reigniting the debate over religious beliefs in the workplace.
Conservative MP Philip Davies said the refusal to serve Mrs Friday, 69, was “unacceptable” and “damaging” to community relations.
Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, described the assistant’s comments as “offensive” and called for Marks & Spencer to carry out a thorough investigation.
Mrs Friday said her trip to the sales in Reading, Berks, with her daughter had been ruined.
“I went to the till and heard the girl say it was unclean and then she got someone else to serve me,” said Mrs Friday.
“At first I wasn’t sure what was going on and then I realised she was wearing a headdress and I clicked that the title of the book had Bible in it. I felt very humiliated and immediately left the store.”
**Had that been the other way around the member of staff would have been fired mere seconds after "insulting the Koran", the store would have been firebombed, riots would have broken out in several moslem nations, marchers would have gone through London calling for jihad against M&S and demanding the head/hand or other body parts of the member of staff.
Plus there would have been a call by Red Ken Livingstone & his cronies in the MCB to boycott M&S and demands for the chairman of the board to resign/apologise etc etc.
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Is Rt Rev John Pritchard available for comment?
I think she should be treated just like the person in the hypothetical comparison. She should be fired, burnt at the stake, then every christian in every christian country around the world should protest outside the embassies of every muslim counry and demand the heads of every muslim for such a insult.
Of course, it's just a suggestion. But what do i know i am just a white, heterosexual male. Therefore i am not entitled to any opinion, as i must be a sexist, racist, homophobic who is not allowed to speak.
It would be funny if it was not true.
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