Prague Fast-Food Restaurant Bans Women Wearing Niqab

And now a Prague fast-food restaurant has been accused of discrimination for posting a “no-niqab” sticker on its door.

The “ban” lasted only a couple of hours; the sticker was apparently removed that same evening.

The owner of the restaurant, Vítězslav Novák, is the Prague chairman of Tomio Okamura’s SPD (Svoboda a přímá demokraci) party, one of the most vocal opponents of immigrants in the Czech Republic.

Novák initially refused to discuss the details of the ban with the media referring journalists to party leader Okamura.

“If someone came to me and you can only see two eyes I wouldn’t serve him or her because I don’t know what to expect from such a person and I worry about myself and I’m worried about my colleagues. I’m worried about everybody,” he said.

On Thursday evening an MF DNES reporter entered the restaurant disguised as a Muslim woman with a head scarf and was served without any problems.

Banning covered women is a foremost agenda item of the SPD who believe the Czech Republic is supporting jihad.

Okamura spoke out about the incident saying that he wouldn’t underestimate the risk of terrorist attack even at a bistro in Prague 8. He added that he is an advocate of a complete ban which extends to the niqab, burqa, and hijab.

A lawyer speaking to the media said that the sticker is a clear-cut case of discrimination.