Muslim children barred from entering Mumbai's Oberoi mall

[Roybot]

 

[IndoCarib]

Fake news from obscure muslim website. How desperate can you get Pakistanis ??

 

[rockinghealer]

In yet another case of discrimination against Muslims in Mumbai, Muslim children on Eid holidays were on Sunday denied entry and forcibly stopped from entering a mall located in the city's suburbs, a media report said.

Yusuf Parmar, Vice President of Gujarat Muslim Sapai Samaj, said he was passing through Goregaon's Oberoi Mall Sunday evening when he saw Muslim children being stopped from entering the mall, according to a report published by local daily Urdu Times.

"The G4S security guards posted on the entrance were forcibly stopping the Muslim children from entering the mall", he alleged.

He said he enquired with the security guards why he was doing so, but he could not give any satisfactory reply.

He said he lodged the complaint with the mall authorities. In his complaint he also said that if the malls did not want Muslims, they should close the malls during Eid.

Parmar has also sent a copy of the complaint to Additional Police Commissioner Sunil Pawaskar.

"If suitable action is not taken, we will take the matter to higher authorities. If needed, we will also go to the court against the move", he said.

Parmar's allegations came a day after a National English daily reported that a mall in Gujarat's Ahemdabad was charging entry fee from Muslims.

Cases of discrimination against Muslims are not new to Mumbai, a city considered as cosmopolitan. Earlier, quite a few cases were found when Muslims were not allowed to purchase homes in housing societies run by non-Muslims.
- See more at: Muslim children barred from entering Mumbai's Oberoi mall | ummid.com

I have visited this mall several times with my muslim friends as well. i never found anything like this discrimination you have mentioned..

 

[joekrish]

Why bother explain? Anyways what is it with Pakistanis and Indian Muslims or for that matter any Muslim? Why dint you go and check your own house, look at the way Shia's and other Muslims are treated. Come back shouting foul once you learn to treat your own people well.

 

[Mritunjaya]

...........how would the mall security know someone is a muslim ? .... do all people have to show their d!cks to the mall security before entering the mall ?

 

[RescueRanger]

This **** is very common in Qatar and Dubai. Ever seen how they treat Asians? Disgusting elitist pigs.

 

[AfsarHamesha]

Were the authorities being too heavy handed in preventing these Muslim visitors from entering the mall? Possibly

Was there a religious bias by security personnel against Muslims? Possibly

Would I be hurt if I were a Muslim denied entrance to a mall on Eid? Definitely


Were the security people wrong in preventing so many Muslim men and women from entering the mall? Maybe not

Let me explain why. Posh suburban malls, you see, work very similar to discos, pubs and classy restaurants. They are not a social institution like hospitals or schools, their only existence is to make money. Now what happens when thousands of people wearing certain clothing (Islamic skullcap, burq'as etc.) arrive one after another on a special occasion like Eid. And it's easy to assume most of them belong to a lower strata of society with not too much spending power.

So when these guys take over, it drives away Good customers, urbanites with Gucci bags and Carl Zeiss optics. It also affects cool image of the mall...once word spreads out that "these kind of people are roaming all around", it will affect business negatively. Most teenagers who are high value spenders in these malls will be simply scared away.

You see these hipster places thrive on attracting classy sophisticated people - that is their bread and butter.

And yes these malls are as likely to shut their doors on a thousand Hindu pilgrims wanting to celebrate Janmashtami in their traditional clothing, saffron dhotis and red tilaks. It's not about religion, it's about clothing, appearance.

It doesn't matter what religion you are, when you enter a classy mall, you gotta look your best and have a lovely arm candy girlfriend by your side.

 

[AUz]

indians consider Muslims to be lower than them. Same old caste system where brahmins want to rule.

Since we don't have noble souls like Timur, Babur, Aurangzeb, Shahab-u-din Ghauri, Nadir Shah Durani etc..who can teach these discriminating, pathetic brahmins a lesson...indian Muslims should demand a separate homeland for themselves in present india...

Absolutely pathetic! i feel sad for Muslims of india...

 

[AUz]

Were the authorities being too heavy handed in preventing these Muslim visitors from entering the mall? Possibly

Was there a religious bias by security personnel against Muslims? Possibly

Would I be hurt if I were a Muslim denied entrance to a mall on Eid? Definitely


Were the security people wrong in preventing so many Muslim men and women from entering the mall? Maybe not

Let me explain why. Posh suburban malls, you see, work very similar to discos, pubs and classy restaurants. They are not a social institution like hospitals or schools, their only existence is to make money. Now what happens when thousands of people wearing certain clothing (Islamic skullcap, burq'as etc.) arrive one after another on a special occasion like Eid. And it's easy to assume most of them belong to a lower strata of society with not too much spending power.

So when these guys take over, it drives away Good customers, urbanites with Gucci bags and Carl Zeiss optics. It also affects cool image of the mall...once word spreads out that "these kind of people are roaming all around", it will affect business negatively. Most teenagers who are high value spenders in these malls will be simply scared away.

You see these hipster places thrive on attracting classy sophisticated people - that is their bread and butter.

And yes these malls are as likely to shut their doors on a thousand Hindu pilgrims wanting to celebrate Janmashtami in their traditional clothing, saffron dhotis and red tilaks. It's not about religion, it's about clothing, appearance.

It doesn't matter what religion you are, when you enter a classy mall, you gotta look your best and have a lovely arm candy girlfriend by your side.

From your description, I can only say this : hindu-istan is such a sh!tty, mentally backward, and inferiority-complex stricken place...where people are always trying to look/sound glossy and dandy...but from inside, they are shallow as fcuk.

Now I understand why Shahid Afridi said "indians have small heart"....

 

[Umair Nawaz]

nothing new India is a Hell for Muslims.

 

[AfsarHamesha]

Mr. AUZ

Before you accuse me of having a small heart (can't digest it, most humans have identical-sized heart shape), why don't you read my response in its entirety. This is not a Hindu-istan problem, it's an urban problem.

Don't tell me people don't get thrown out of 5 star hotels or classy restaurants in Karachi or Lahore because they are of a poorer appearance. It happens everywhere; the world is not fair to poor people, what are you gonna do about it, Mr. Einstein?

Talking about your Mr. Afridi, there was a time I swear he and his Pakistani team-mates ate in a classy restaurant on their cricketing tour to India - as a result, me and two of my friends were denied entrance to that restaurant. For what? Security reasons. Security reasons, my ***. At the most, we would have clicked photographs with Afridi. I wouldn't have done that either as I hardly follow cricket. I just wanted to eat my food in peace and there walks in Pakistani cricket team whose security takes precedence over my desire to have a nice get-together with friends.

 

[Super Falcon]

where is so called indian democracy

 

[buddyboyyash]

it should be taken to task .

by the way its funny to force customers to buy

thats the problem....no1 really cares about it....else there would be no media in India except Doordarshan (State-run)

yea even i found it funny but their logic to keep useless crowd away by charging worked well

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

@mr42O @RescueRanger @HRK , @AUz, @Aeronaut ,
@Aka123 @t_for_talli @bronxbull, @gslv mk3 @RISING SUN @Star Wars @StingRoy @A.Rafay @Android @AnnoyingOrange @Roybot @IndoCarib @joekrish @Mritunjaya @Super Falcon @Umair Nawaz * Muslim children were stopped for their safety: Oberoi Mall Tuesday August 13, 2013 11:42 PM, ummid.com Staff Reporter Mumbai:*Maintaining that it has always spearheaded community friendly activities and events for its valued patrons while respecting all religions equally, the Oberoi Mall on Tuesday said the Muslim children were stopped from entering the mall for the sake of their own safety. "We would like to clarify that we only requested that the children, who were small and had come unattended, to be accompanied by adults for their own safety", th Oberoi Mall said in a statement sent to ummid.com. "We would follow this procedure to ensure the safety of any unattended small children that enter our mall, irrespective of their religion", it said. "We did not mean disrespect to any community", the statement said. "In fact, we would like to bring to notice that we were the 'only mall' in Mumbai to initiate Eid celebrations in our premises by organizing a live "Qawwali" for three years in a row. We would like to reiterate that we respect all religions equally", it added. The statement was issued in response to the allegations made by an activist Yusuf Parmar that Muslim children were forcibly stopped from entering the mall. "The G4S security guards posted on the entrance were forcibly stopping the Muslim children from entering the mall", he was quoted as saying in a report published by Urdu Times. He said he enquired with the security guards why he was doing so, but he could not give any satisfactory reply. He said he lodged the complaint with the mall authorities. In his complaint he also said that if the malls did not want Muslims, they should close the malls during Eid. Parmar had also sent a copy of the complaint to Additional Police Commissioner Sunil Pawaskar. "If suitable action is not taken, we will take the matter to higher authorities. If needed, we will also go to the court against the move", he said. * - See more at: Muslim children were stopped for their safety: Oberoi Mall | ummid.com

 

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@Agnostic_Indian

Thanks mate,thats enough to shatter the arguments of some people here
@Agnostic_Indian

Thanks mate,thats enough to shatter the arguments of some people here