Kathleen “Amina” Deady stood in front of a pastry counter in Riverside, California, holding a key fob and wearing a veil across her face. Only her eyes peeked through the veil. In Islam, it is called a niqab, though the man standing in front of Deady at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Friday had other words for it. “Is this Halloween or something?” he asked Deady, leaning in toward her and scowling as she began to record on her phone. Behind the counter, two baristas looked up with concern. Read more O2 apologises for Islamophobic hate mail sent to British-Iraqi family “Why did you say that?” Deady asked the man, still quiet and cheerful in her tone. “Why wouldn’t I?” the man replied, and looked back toward the register. Deady asked him again: “Why would you say that?” “Because I want to.” “Why? What’s wrong with me?” “You tell me what’s wrong with you.” “Do you know I’m a Muslim?” she asked. The man looked back at her. “Yeah, I do.” It was around this point that other customers scattered around the coffee shop took notice. Barry Landau, a self-described regular, would later tell KTLA that he had… Read full this story
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