A Muslim store worker at Marks & Spencer refused to serve a customer buying
a children's book on Christianity because she said it was "unclean".

Sally Friday, a customer at a branch of one of the famous stores, felt
publicly humiliated when she tried to pay for First Bible Stories as a gift
for her young grandson.

When the grandmother put the book on the counter, the assistant refused to
touch it, declared it was unclean and then summoned another member of staff
to deal with the purchase.

Mrs Friday was so upset that she has now complained to the store's manager.

Politicians and religious leaders supported her in condemning the high
street chain and it has reignited 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 conduct an investigation.

He said: "This appears to be a very regrettable incident and the 'unclean'
remark was clearly very offensive and unacceptable.

"Many Biblical stories complement the teachings of the Koran. We hope that
M&S will investigate this incident."

A spokesman for Marks & Spencer today said that an investigation into the
alleged incident was underway.

She added: "We are surprised by this alleged incident and are investigating
it thoroughly.

"It appears that there has been some misunderstanding over what was said.

"We have apologised to Mrs Friday over any distress caused."

A source close to the shop assistant claimed there had been a
misunderstanding.

She said: "I think there was some confusion over what the customer heard."

Mrs Friday said that the incident had ruined her trip to the sales in
Reading, Berks, with her daughter.

She said: "I went to the till and heard the girl say it was unclean and then
she got someone else to serve me.

"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."

Mrs Friday, who lives in Old Basing, Hants, went on: I have given it careful
thought and still feel humiliated that because I am purchasing a children's
Bible story book, a cashier is able to object and refuse to put it through
the till.

"Had this been a copy of the Koran I am confident any Christian person would
be happy to do her job, and for this to happen in a Marks & Spencer of all
places beggars belief.

"I am not racist but I have vowed never to let a person wearing a head-dress
serve me again.

"It will be a long, long time before I shop again at M&S."


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770



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Correction: L'employé était une employée.



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"Michael Laudahn eOpposition" <ch8051zh***yahoo.com.br> a écrit dans le
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> Correction: L'employé était une employée.
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Remarquons qu'elle doit accepter à chaque fin de mois un chèque d'une boite
qui vend des livres impurs. Le chèque est-il pur quand même ???
BEN

"ben" <rsag***hotmail.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:fmio7h$q31$1***aioe.org...

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> Remarquons qu'elle doit accepter à chaque fin de mois un chèque d'une
> boite qui vend des livres impurs. Le chèque est-il pur quand même ???
> BEN



Tu as demandé ton rabbi, BEN-jamin?


PS: Pourquoi est-ce que t'utilise aioe.org? De sals trucs juifs?



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"Michael Laudahn eOpposition" <ch8051zh***yahoo.com.br> a écrit dans le
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> "ben" <rsag***hotmail.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:fmio7h$q31$1***aioe.org...
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>> Remarquons qu'elle doit accepter à chaque fin de mois un chèque d'une
>> boite qui vend des livres impurs. Le chèque est-il pur quand même ???
>> BEN
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> Tu as demandé ton rabbi, BEN-jamin?
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> PS: Pourquoi est-ce que t'utilise aioe.org? De sals trucs juifs?
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Un grand curieux. ! Si je te montrais ma bite, tu aurais des grosses
surprises. Benjamin, Benoit, Ben Mohammed, Benito, ... tu as le choix des
fantasmes...
Aioe.org, c'est parceque mon FAI a en permanence un serveur de news en
carafe.
Si tu veux tout savoir : Hallal, casher , le poisson le vendredi et le
carème, ça me fait totalement chier; comme les histoires de kippas, de
babouches à enlever, d'eau bénite, de voiles et de tchadors., de cochon
impur, de vache sacrée, et de papillottes.
Je laisse ça aux gens à qui il manque une case.
Mais je ne comprends pas que les connards qui ne veulent même pas toucher un
bouquin acceptent de se salir en touchant leur pognon, gagné par d'autres à
vendre les mêmes bouquins. Comme c'est vraiment pas logique, j'en conclus
qu'il leur manque vraiement une case.
BEN