Muslim barber refuses to cut woman’s hair, so she files civil rights complaint

Faith McGregor said she entered the barber shop “on a whim.” Omar Mahrouk said he could not cut McGregor’s hair, because his religion forbids him to touch any woman other than his wife.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/22/rights-complaint-against-muslim-barber-who-refused-to-give-woman-haircut-quietly-resolved/ called the incident “a textbook example of competing rights — his, the right to freedom of religion and hers the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of gender.”

No. No. No.

Let’s use a little common sense here. (Although I think Ms. McGregor lacks any.) If I go into a barber shop and the barber says, “I will not cut your hair because (whatever),” I say “OK” and go somewhere else. I do not want to anger somebody who will be standing behind me with a handful or two of sharp things.

Mr. Mahrouk has the right not to cut anyone’s hair. He has a barber shop, not a restaurant or a movie theater.

Also, Mahrouk has no experience cutting a woman’s hair, although judging from Ms. McGregor’s picture, she has had a manly hairstyle for some time. (Anti-LGBT comment? Sue me.)

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