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Woman Who Tried to Ban Muslims from Her Salon Gets Roasted by the Internet, Arrested

Friday’s horrific terrorist attacks in Paris have garnered the majority of media attention and stirred up a lot of emotion in the western world. But one woman took things too far in the aftermath of the tragedies, using the incident in Paris as an excuse to discriminate against any and all Islamic people in the UK who might happen by her business. According to the Mirror, 43-year-old April Major, owner of Oxfordshire salon Blinks of Bicester, took to her company’s Facebook page to announce that they would no longer be serving Muslim customers in an effort to “put [her] country first.” Because nothing says patriotism like good ‘ol discrimination. “Blinks of Bicester are no longer taking bookings from anyone from the Islamic faith whether you are UK granted with passport or not,” the post read. Naturally, there was a public outcry from people who found the policy to be aggressively bigoted. Major attempted to justify her position by claiming she’s not a racist because she has brown fr