An Italian eating place in Cambridge, United Kingdom, has been accused of racism and Islamophobia after allegedly refusing to serve famous Pakistani actress and philanthropist Nadia Jamil and her father.
Jamil who believes racism was the reason she was refused to eat in hotel Don Pascuale took to Twitter to share her ‘shocking’ experience with her fans and followers.
“1st racist encounter in England. #DonPascual Italian restaurant in Main Market Square refused 2 serve Aba & me & asked us 2 leave,” she wrote.
“His beard,” she added suggesting religious prejudice as the reason. “They refused to give us menus. I picked it up myself. Man says we will not serve you! Go in get self served! I asked why. Annoying people he answered.
However, hours later, the Italian restaurant issued a statement, denying the allegations made by Nadia Jamil.
Replying to her tweet, the Twitter handle of the restaurant denied there was any directive from management to deny people entry based on their race.
It also completely rejected any claims of racism.
Don't believe all you read on Twitter. We did not refuse service @NJLahori. We welcome all
Persistent, Jamil replied to the hotel’s Twitter handle saying that more insult was added to their injury by snatching the menu and verbally thrashing them.
You refused to give us a menu :( then you refused to serve us. Finally u snatched the menus out of our hands and told us to leave screamed.
What story do they have for refusing to give us menus & service then snatching menus. Acha why argue Yasser Putar. Go eat & enjoy. Rabrakha
My father is a 73 cancer patient w diabetes. Have some shame and some dignity. You are really low. No wonder your restaurant is so empty :(! twitter.com/thedonpasquale…
Her tweets caused an outrage on social media where angry fans and activists called for the Italian restaurant to clarify the situation.
Many users including journalists and politicians were appalled and even expressed their reservations regarding the authenticity of the story:
It's a teeny beard. They found our appearance annoying. He said is it my beard. Although it the cutest beard on Earth :)!
This is illegal there is a law against racism please report it to thepolice
Shocked. Report them! Hope they get prosecuted. This is illegal and totally not on
No point to report they're dealing with 250+ hate crime complaints,500+ goes unreported daily getting worse post BREXIT.
@thedonpasquale I've eaten here and never had a problem, in UK there are often set times for lunch/dinner, is Pakistanis take ages ordering
My friend Omar later told me this place is famous for this. Not all desist have the same experience Bhai. I will never forget the hurt
My friend Omar later told me this place is famous for this. Not all desist have the same experience Bhai. I will never forget the hurt
No hidden agendas. Welcome to a world Yasser where old me. Can be screamed at, laughed at, menus snatched from their hands & told to leave.
It's horrible. First time it's ever happened to me. Vo bhi with Aba!
Shouldn’t complain as we Pakistanis are the most racist of all, we have classes, casts sects and God knows what to negate quran’s teaching
— Imran Ahmed (@ImranInc) August 21, 2017
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