A Canadian woman sued a Muslim barber for refusing to cut her hair.

The barber was within his rights because he owns a private establishment and can legally refuse to serve any customer for any reason at all, whether stated or not. The word "Barber" (as clearly seen in the sign above the shop in the photograph) traditionally implies a place which only cuts men's hair. I am sure that the woman was fully aware of the meaning of the word and, in fact, she wanted her hair cut in a man's style. Omar Mahrouk was absolutely within his rights and legal obligations in refusing to cut Faith McGregor's hair. Faith McGregor, on the other hand, has failed to respect another person's right to hold and adhere to religious convictions, which do not cause harm to anyone and do not deprive anyone of their rights, and is seeking to do actual [financial and social] harm to someone by supposing that she 'has a right' to have her hair cut by anyone she chooses.

I would need first to know the prohibition and its scriptorual basis all the best, urban

I'm going to have to side with the barber. That woman is trying to force her secular ways on him; and just as I think it's wrong for the US government to force on Christian businesses the Obamacare portions that go against their beliefs, the same goes for this Muslim barber.

Why on earth is this guy a barber if he's only going to cut men's hair? I don't know how progressive Canada is, but I doubt they've progressed to the point of reverting like some other progressive countries have done, being so "tolerant" and multicultural that they allow for their society to be segmented off into tribes. Sued or not, that doesn't matter to me. I want to know what this guy was thinking when opening a barbershop in Canada. They're at least half.

In my country there are different kinds of places where you can get your hair cut. There are the onbes that would be called "barber shops" in English. It is just for men. It`s a men`s realm, with some men`s magazines to look at while they wait. Then there are the unisex hairdressers or the hairdressers that will only dress women`s hair. There are even a couple of only children hair dressing shops. If the Muslim barber had it clear in his shop that it was a barber shop (no womaen), the lady had no reason to go there.

This is political correctness crap. Everyone should be allowed to refuse whoever he wants and to do whatever he wants. It`s our fault because we don`t turn off the tv and fight for our freedoms.

Personally, I think that there is more to this story than face value...Men and women go to hair salons or hairdressers or beauty parlors. Men traditionally go to barber shops. Barber shops are a place where men can go to get away from women. They talk men talk and read mens mags. I would never set foot into a barbershop. Not because I am descriminatory, but because I respect mens need for male time, just as women need female time. I think this woman was looking for trouble. moslems are not the only group that do not approve of unrelated males and females touching. There are christian religions that do not approve and there are Orthodox Jews that do not approve. When you know the traditions of a people you should not cause trouble with them as long as they are not dangerous traditions. The woman is a jerk!

Wait a minute--why did this woman go to a barber? Barbers cut men's hair. Women go to beauticians or beauty salons and not a barber shop. But anyway, I do not know what the practice is, but probably in that country barbers cut everybody's hair but the only problem here is the barber's refusing the woman because he does not know her. Well, that's weird. That is his occupation. That's his job. Why go into that kind of business if he chooses his customers?

Naseem00 while not everyone can understand other cultures, I would respect his culture and religion. Everyone has come to the U.S. via ancestors of various countries. We are known as the "melting pot of the world" many people have paid the price dearly to live free in America. I have to agree with the shop owner as he was just a barber shop anyway. There are many beauty shops this lady could have gone to. I dont understand why we have to sue someone over every simple thing that exsists in the world. I sincerely hope the barber gets off this suit. Doesn't our courts have more meaningful trials to do than this? And we are paying attorneys to take such stupid and trivial cases. Then we wonder why they have the latest cars, houses, vacations. We throw our money away to see if we can gain a bit more money from someone that is doing an honest job. Seriously! I know if I could show up in court I would so be there to back this man that has probably struggled to own his own shop, become a legal citizen and work very hard to have someone try to dismantle him. Such a sad way of thinking our society has become.

The woman is wasting her time, the barber's time and her money because Canadian courts won't swallow this. I'm surprised Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario even let it go this far. They seemed more intelligent than that the last time I spoke with them. I think the barber was entirely within his rights. I also don't see his refusal of service as discrimination. She thinks his refusal to cut her hair disrespects her as a woman. He feels he would be disrespecting her as a woman if he were to touch her hair. There are plenty of barber shops in the Toronto area that would happily cut her hair. She should go to one of them.

I do not know why this woman did so, the barber did not mean to discrimination and were not intended to angering her , it just follows the religion orders not to touch a woman who is not permissible for him, which if shaving will touch her ??hair certainly is not it?

I can'thelp but smile upon reading this. Denying a barber cut will lead to court. It is kust a petty thing. If the barber refused, then go to another barber shop, I am sure a lot in the area. It is their belief not to cut women's hair, we should learn to respect.

Hello Naseem00 greetings. Actually, this is not an isolated case wherein a conflict arises between religious and civil rights. From the term itself, both the barber and the woman has the right to refused and to file a complain respectively. Since the case has already been brought to the court of law in Canada, well I am very curious to know the outcome of the said case.