Some quotes from the customer in the above article;
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“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.”
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So basically, the only thing which has happened here is the customer has merely
assumed they were offended by a Bible because they're Muslim. Completely ignoring the importance of the Bible in Islamic faith, naturally.
This is a non-story and the fact that it's made multiple national papers (the usual suspects, of course) really just shows the disturbing level of islamophobia nowadays.
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“Had this been a copy of the Koran I am confident any Christian person would be happy to do her job
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Yeah, of course.
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and for this to happen in a Marks & Spencer of all places beggars belief.
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Indeed. Such a supposed prejudice Islamic shop assistant and yet they're working for a reknowned Jewish company. But i guess the Jews and Muslims are as one? I forgot that.
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“I am not racist but I have vowed never to let a person wearing a headdress serve me again. It will be a long, long time before I shop again at M&S.”
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This person is clearly a xenophobe and a bigot. But i'm sure they're enjoying all the cash and attention they're receiving after crying to the press about how their shopping trip was ruined and life turned upside down by some evil Muslim.
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“I find it unbelievable. We are a Christian country. I’m afraid it is no good for people to work in Marks & Spencer and not serve their products.
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Said after shopping in a store created by a Jew over 100 years ago.
You can't make this stuff up.