'Headscarf doesn't fit our funky image' says salon owner who turned down Muslim stylist

The Daily Mail
April 1, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/381/headscarf-doesnt-fit-our-funky-image-says-salon

Excerpt:

The owner of a fashionable hair salon today denied being a racist after turning down a headscarf-wearing Muslim who applied for a stylist's job.

Sarah Desrosiers, 32, told a tribunal it was vital that all her staff show off "flamboyant" haircuts at the Wedge salon in King's Cross.

And Miss Desrosiers, from Hackney, said 19-year-old Mrs Bushra Noah's headscarf was out of keeping with the "ultra-modern, urban, edgy and funky" style of her business.

The salon owner added she adopted a cutting-edge hair style on entering the industry which she says is essential to work as a stylist.

Read the complete original version of this item...

Related Topics:  Head Coverings / Dress, Lawfare receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free islamist watch mailing list