Edmonton Muslim Teen, Forgives Store Owner After Being Refused Service

“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as I liked without worry either,” the letter says.

A Muslim teen says she forgives an Edmonton store owner after he reportedly refused to serve her because she was wearing a burka.

Sarii Ghalab, 19, says she went to Edmonton Shoe Repair in Northgate Mall get the heel on one of her shoes fixed, but was turned away because of how she was dressed, according to CBC News.

Instead of complaining, Ghalab says she wrote a letter to the store’s owner, Ryan Vale, explaining her choice to wear a burka and asked him to treat future Muslim customers with compassion.

“I wanted to show him that: ‘You hurt me, you did. You hurt me with what you said, you made me feel like I was inferior… (but) I want to respond to you with love and I want to show you why I’m dressing this way. It’s our identity, it’s who we are,'” she said.

“Hopefully it can change his perspective. If anything, it would just change how he interacts with future Muslims that enter the store, or future customers that dress how I do.”

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Categories: Americas, Canada, Hijab, Women

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  1. Fuck you pig fucking sand niggers!! I’m going to go leave some bacon at the pig sty mosk here!

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