Australian Barber Taken To Human Rights Court For Refusing To Cut Girl's Hair: Here's the Real Reason!
Sam Rahim who runs the Hunters Hill Barber Shop in Sydney's North Shore said he was devasted when he received the summons.
An Australian barber is facing charges for refusing to cut a girl's hair. Yes, you read it right! In case you were thinking this incident is on the similar lines of the gay couple who were refused service by a baker, let me tell you, NO! This case is as simple as the headline reads, and the barber based in Sydney now to appear before the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for refusing to offer a service, he is not qualified in.
Sam Rahim who runs the Hunters Hill Barber Shop in Sydney's North Shore said he was devasted when he received the summons. In December last year, a woman came to his shop asking him to cut his daughter's hair. He politely refused saying he is not trained to cut girl's hair. He further said he has no experience in it and suggested few other nearby women's hair salons. However, the woman became furious and left.
Talking about the incident, Rahim told News 9, "I explained I'm not qualified to cut women's or girls’ hair. I've never done it. But she kept pressing me, saying I should just do it. I told her there are three women's hair salons within a minute's walk but she became angry and stormed out."
The barber is not being accused of breaching anti-discrimination laws and for embarrassing the woman's daughter. Rahim explaining his stand said that the barber shop was 'a place where men get their hair cut' and that he does not have the necessary skills to cut a girl's hair. Rahim who has a wife and baby to support is worried if the case would affect his livelihood.
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