A woman from Oxfordshire in the UK has been arrested and released on bail after posting on her beauty salon's Facebook page that the business will no longer serve Muslims. The post on the Blinks of Bicester Facebook page was reported to police for racial abuse and faced a torrent of condemnation from social media users.
Many are worried that the Daesh-coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday will cause increased xenophobia in Europe, and this is a disturbing sign that they might be correct. The salon owner even attempted to defend herself afterwards in a series of posts which, if anything, dug her into a deeper hole. Although the Facebook page now appears to have been deleted, screenshots have appeared online of what was allegedly written.
She seems to have responded to critics by urging them to call the police, saying that they would be charged with wasting police time as saying what she likes about clients is her choice because she is a private business. Of course, that didn’t work out so well for her.
Thames Valley Police made the following statement on Facebook after the arrest:
We have arrested a 43-year-old woman in Bicester today after a number of complaints about a racially abusive post on...
Posted by Thames Valley Police on Sunday, 15 November 2015
In a good sign for humanity, social media users strongly condemned the woman. See below via Twitter.
How to put yourself out of business in one easy step. #BlinksOfBicester
— Matt (@weyland76) November 16, 2015Wow. Words fail me. Kiss goodbye to your business you vile woman. #BlinksOfBicester
— Corrina (@Confarreo) November 16, 2015You are disgusting! I hope you go out of business & spend some time in jail! #ignorant #ShameOnYou #BlinksOfBicester
— lillyloo (@Lilllyloo) November 16, 2015So yet again bicester is in the news because of one stupid women! We are nice people here really! #BlinksOfBicester
— not a grown up (@ruthyT76) November 16, 2015
