{"id":7194,"date":"2017-12-07T18:42:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T18:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2017-12-07T18:42:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T18:42:52","slug":"mcdonalds-guard-is-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-guard-is-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s guard is suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7195\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mcdonals.jpg\" alt=\"Mcdonals\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>A security guard who told a Muslim woman to remove her hijab at a McDonald\u2019s restaurant in London has been suspended.<br \/>\nThe fast food chain confirmed on Tuesday that the man, who is employed by a third party, was suspended pending an \u2018internal investigation\u2019 into his behavior.<br \/>\nThe young Muslim woman filmed the security guard blocking her path to the counter and telling her: \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of taking it off\u201d at a branch in the Seven Sisters London suburb on Friday.<br \/>\nThe Muslim woman told the McDonald\u2019s security guard: \u201cIt\u2019s not just a matter of taking it off. I wear it for religious reasons and I\u2019m not ashamed of it. And I will stand in line and I will get the food that I want because this isn\u2019t OK.<br \/>\n\u201cI go to all the shops and any restaurant I want and in my hijab and I buy the food I want to buy and then I come here. And I literally live down this street from here.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is actually like a hate crime, this is a hate crime.\u201d<br \/>\nThe footage ended with the Muslim woman leaving the restaurant and telling staff: \u201cI don\u2019t want anything anymore.\u201d<br \/>\nThe video was posted on Twitter by a woman named Sabrina, who said the footage was recorded by her friend.<br \/>\nOutraged members of the public soon took to Twitter to have their say.<br \/>\nA man named ParistoPalermo wrote \u201cYo! @McDonalds you owe this woman a life time of food, a public apology and those staff want sacking. #jewsstandingwithmuslims\u201d<br \/>\nSharron Preston wrote, \u201cWhy do you even care whether they are or are not wearing it for religious reasons? It\u2019s a piece of cloth a woman has chosen to wear. It\u2019s just another excuse to point the finger at Muslims.\u201d<br \/>\nOhGoshItzAnna chimed in with, \u201cMaybe stop watching Fox news and try to talk to actual Muslim women.\u201d<br \/>\nIn a statement to Arab News, Paul Pomroy, CEO of McDonald\u2019s UK, said: \u201cI am deeply sorry that this happened, and am taking the matter very seriously, addressing the situation with both the restaurant and security firm involved.<br \/>\n\u201cThe restaurant involved is managed and owned by Amir Atefi, a franchisee who has been part of McDonald\u2019s for over 30 years. Mr.Atefi is proud of his diverse workforce, and was upset and concerned to hear how one of his valued customers has been treated. He has been holding sessions for his management teams to reiterate his personal and our company approach with matters of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-guard-is-suspended\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A security guard who told a Muslim woman to remove her hijab at a McDonald\u2019s restaurant in London has been suspended. The fast food chain confirmed on Tuesday that the man, who is employed by a third party, was suspended pending an \u2018internal investigation\u2019 into his behavior. 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