Another day, another Muslim whining about “oppression” and “racism”. Given Muslim majority countries’ marked intolerance of anyone else, it’s somewhat remarkable just how fragile a glass jaw many Muslims seem to develop when they’re in the minority.
Even in Sydney, where commuters have been advised against wearing Christian regalia due to attacks by Muslims, and police and military are cautioned against wearing their uniforms in public, Muslims too frequently take great umbrage at being asked to abide by the same rules as everyone else.
A Muslim woman has accused a popular Sydney pub of discrimination, claiming she was barred from entering unless she removed her hijab.
Soaliha Iqbal said she was lining up with friends to enter the Paragon Hotel in Circular Quay for dinner after attending a climate change protest in Sydney’s CBD on Friday night.
The 21-year-old journalism student alleges a hotel bouncer demanded she take off her religious veil in order to be allowed to enter the premises…’Before viewing my ID, the security pointed at my head and said ”take that off”,’ Ms Iqbal told Daily Mail Australia.
Leaving aside the small matter of why an apparently devout Muslim was going to a pub in the first place (”the presence of alcohol means traditional pubs are off-putting to those who want to follow strict Islamic rulings”), the bouncer was making a perfectly reasonable request. Besides the security aspect, if premises are legitimately allowed to refuse entry because of someone’s shoes, shirt or shorts, there’s no reason they can’t do the same because of a silly hat.
Ms Iqbal alleges the bouncer became ‘instantly defensive’ before telling her to step aside.
‘You’re overreacting, you need to calm down,’ the bouncer told Ms Iqbal, she claimed.
Ms Iqbal said: ‘There was no dialogue, the first thing was ”take that off”. When I didn’t reply to that in a compliant way, I was told to stand aside.
Again, a perfectly reasonable request. Many years of watching bouncers in action suggests that she got off lightly. Many’s the argumentative prat I’ve seen cop a smack in the chops for being a pain in the arse.
Ms Iqbal and her friends then attempted to approach the entry to make a formal complaint with management.
But as the group stood outside the venue, they were approached by a police officer.
Ms Iqbal said the group explained the altercation to the officer but were urged to ‘move along’.
The officer cited the NSW Liquor Act where people denied entry at a licensed premises are not allowed within 50 metres of the establishment.
Once again, all perfectly reasonable. She was told to leave, she and her pals decided to make a scene instead. So the law told them to move on.
But rules and laws are only for infidels, apparently.
‘The thing that I’m frustrated about is that everyone is questioning me swearing at the bouncer and nobody is really questioning why the bouncer upset me in the first place,’ she said.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7620359/Muslim-woman-claims-bouncer-popular-Sydney-pub-told-hijab-off.
Because the bouncer just did his job. Which shouldn’t have to entail being sworn at by some over-entitled prat with a persecution complex.
