Shock as race hate owner of posh Paris restaurant refuses to serve Muslim women he accuses of being terrorists
Innocent customers at Michelin-starred Le Cenacle left in tears as they are told to get out by thug
TWO women wearing headscarves were thrown out of a Paris restaurant after being threatened by its self-confessed racist owner who said: "Terrorists are Muslims, and all Muslims are terrorists."
The disturbing scenes at Le Cenacle follow a series of incidents in which women have been thrown off public beaches in France for wearing Islamic clothing.
Now a criminal enquiry has been launched into the vicious rant at the restaurant in Tremblay-en-France, a northeast suburb of the French capital.
The women sat down at a table and were originally offered glasses of water, before the owner appeared from the kitchen and said he did not want them there.
A video of the attack shows the man saying: "Racists like me don't kill good people. Racists like me."
He adds: "Madam, terrorists are Muslims and all Muslims are terrorists. Analyse my words, you'll see that they're right."
The women remain calm, and distance France’s five million-plus Muslim community from attacks in which men affiliated to terrorist organisations such as ISIS have killed and maimed.
But the Cenacle owner continued: "I'm living in a secular country and this is my opinion."
After the man shouted: "It seems like you didn't understand. Now get out!".
By now the women are crying and make phone calls and leave.
Another customer sitting nearby recorded the conversation on his phone, and it is now the subject of widespread public debate.
Laurence Rossignol, the Women’s Rights minister, said she had ordered a full enquiry by the Inter-ministerial Delegation into Racism and anti-Semitism (DILCRA).
Ms Rossignol called for sanctions against the "unacceptable behaviour of this restaurant owner."
Police in nearby Villepinte meanwhile confirmed that their officers had attended the scene and were also investigating.
Full transcript of shock rant
The recorded dialogue between the owner and one of the woman is as follows:
Woman: We don't want to be served by racist people.
Owner: Racists like me don't kill good people. Racists like me.
W: Did we plant a bomb, Sir?
O: Madam, terrorists are Muslims and all Muslims are terrorists. Analyse my words, you'll see that they're right.
W: I don't have to analyse nonsense.
O: I'm living in a secular country and this is my opinion.
W: We also have the same right as you to have an opinion.
O: I don't want people like you in my place, I’ll make that clear.
W: Okay
O: You got it? Get out!
W: Yeah, I got it.
O: It seems like you didn't understand. Now get out!"
W: But, it's necessary to state here that you don't want Muslims. If we knew it, we wouldn't have come here.
O: Now you know it, get out.
W: Okay, we're leaving, don't worry.
(Muslim woman calls someone)
W (crying): Okay … Call the police … please don't come alone.
The restaurant owner – who has not been named – has since said he regretted what happened.
He said he had got caught up in the fiery debate surrounding the so-called "burkini ban".
Angered posts have quickly begun appearing on the restaurant's Tripadvisor page.
One said: "Can I come with my family to have lunch? We are muslims (not terrorist as you presume). Would you please advise?"
Another wrote: "Please let me know when they stop admitting customers based on race."
On Friday, the controversial measure which prevents women wearing Islamic-compliant swimsuits, or any other dress that might be considered religious, was overturned by a Paris appeal court.
It came after images of a woman stripping down and then being fined in Nice by four armed police sparked outrage.
However, doubt has been cast as to the authenticity of the snaps, with some claiming they were a set-up.
Madam, terrorists are Muslims and all Muslims are terrorists. Analyse my words, you'll see that they're right
Le Cenacle owner
The court ruled that the burkini ban "seriously, and clearly illegally, breached the fundamental freedoms to come and go, the freedom of beliefs and individual freedom."
Despite this, a number of French resorts, including Nice, are still fining women.
More pictures taken on the city’s beach on Saturday showed a police officer jumping off a boat and telling two young women and a little boy to get off the pebbles.
The video of the Paris restaurant incident was today going viral on social media.
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